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'''Ivan Petrovich Vitali''' (Иван Петрович Витали; 1794–1855) was a [[Russia]]n sculptor of [[Italian people|Italian]] descent. Born in [[Saint Petersburg]], he was apprenticed to his father, Pietro Vitali, from an early age. After attending the [[Imperial Academy of Arts]] he moved to [[Moscow]] in 1818. His major works include a six-horse chariot for [[Joseph Bove|Bove]]'s [[Triumphal Arch, Moscow|Triumphal Arch]], a fountain in front of the [[Bolshoi Theatre]], the bas-reliefs above the doors of [[St. Isaac's Cathedral]], and an outdoor bronze statue of [[Emperor Paul]] in [[Gatchina]].
'''Ivan Petrovich Vitali''' (Иван Петрович Витали; 1794–1855) was a [[Russia]]n sculptor of [[Italian people|Italian]] descent. Born in [[Saint Petersburg]], he was apprenticed to his father, Pietro Vitali, from an early age. After attending the [[Imperial Academy of Arts]] he moved to [[Moscow]] in 1818. His major works include a six-horse chariot for [[Joseph Bove|Bove]]'s [[Triumphal Arch, Moscow|Triumphal Arch]], a fountain in front of the [[Bolshoi Theatre]], the bas-reliefs above the doors of [[St. Isaac's Cathedral]], and an outdoor bronze statue of [[Emperor Paul]] in [[Gatchina]].


==Works==
* Large headboard group crowning the Bauman Highher Technical School in Moscow, formerly the Trade Educationa Establishment technical training center. 1820s.<ref>Mears, Bernard, translated by, edited by Bryan Bean, Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1968 p. 127</ref>
== References ==
== References ==
* {{commonscat-inline|Ivan Vitali}}
* {{commonscat-inline|Ivan Vitali}}

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A portrait by Vasily Tropinin

Ivan Petrovich Vitali (Иван Петрович Витали; 1794–1855) was a Russian sculptor of Italian descent. Born in Saint Petersburg, he was apprenticed to his father, Pietro Vitali, from an early age. After attending the Imperial Academy of Arts he moved to Moscow in 1818. His major works include a six-horse chariot for Bove's Triumphal Arch, a fountain in front of the Bolshoi Theatre, the bas-reliefs above the doors of St. Isaac's Cathedral, and an outdoor bronze statue of Emperor Paul in Gatchina.

Works

  • Large headboard group crowning the Bauman Highher Technical School in Moscow, formerly the Trade Educationa Establishment technical training center. 1820s.[1]

References

  • Media related to Ivan Vitali at Wikimedia Commons
  • Якирина Т. В., Одноралов Н. В., Витали, Л.-М., 1960.
  1. ^ Mears, Bernard, translated by, edited by Bryan Bean, Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1968 p. 127