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Monumento ai caduti

War Memorial

Alfredo Angeloni
Fonderia artistica Michelacci (Pistoia)
1930

Description

Equestrian statue of classic warrior holding a flag in his outstretched right arm and holding with his left hand a statuette of the winged victory on a sphere.
The statue stands on a high column with at the long side niches with almost free standing statues of respectively the warrior and the sacrifice.

Lucca - Monumento ai caduti
Il Guerriero / The Warrior
Warrior with shield and sword

Il Sacrificio / The Sacrifice
Mourning woman with a dead soldier

On the small sides two lion's heads.

Lucca - Monumento ai caduti

Inscription(s)

LVCCA
ai morti Per la Patria

svper omnia patria

usqve ad necem et vltra

Signature

fon. art. flli. michelucci pistoia

Lucca - Monumento ai caduti

Sculptor

Alfredo Angeloni (Lucca 1883 - Viareggio 1953), Italian sculptor (Artisti Lucchesi).

Sources & Information

ArtBonus, Monumento equestre in Piazzale Risorgimento.

Locatie (N 43°50'17" - E 10°30'11") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: itto150; Photograph: 16 May 2017
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