7.01.1777 – 20.01.1850

Lorenzo Bartolini is an Italian sculptor. He was born in Tuscany. Since childhood, fond of sculpture, and already at the age of 20 had a lot of experience in working with alabaster. In 1797, Lorenzo went to Paris, where his teacher became F. Lemo, and six years later the master received the Academy Award for the composition “Cleobis and Beaton”.

Thanks to this success Bartolini received many orders from the director of the Louvre Dominique Denon. The master also executed the bust of Napoleon, who satisfied the crowned customer so much that he ordered to open for the sculptor a school of sculptors in Carrara. With the fall of Napoleon, Bartolini moved to Florence and stayed there forever.

The works of Lorenzo at one time met all the requirements of realism, his work was very popular. According to the estimate of the beginning of the 20th century, reflected in the Britannica encyclopaedia: Lorenzo Bartolini is the most significant Italian sculptor since the time of Antonio Canova.

His most famous work is the sculpture “Faith in God”, one of the copies of which is in the Hermitage.

In the exposition of the VOKHM. I.N. Kramskoy presented a copy of the sculpture of Lorenzo Bartolini “Mercy”.