Antonio Tantardini

Antonio Tantardini (born June 12, 1829 in Milan , † March 7, 1879 ibid) was an Italian sculptor.

Life

Antonio Tantardini studied from 1842 at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera with Pompeo Marchesi and then in Florence . In 1852 he caused a sensation with his work Cain, which was exhibited at the Accademia di Brera . As a result, he received numerous commissions for monuments, religious sculptures, tombs and building decorations. In the last few years he has employed several employees and assistants to carry out the many assignments. He showed his work at exhibitions in 1861 in Florence, 1862 in London, 1866 in Berlin, 1873 in Vienna and 1876 in Philadelphia. He also taught as a professor at the Accademia di Brera. Among his students are Francesco Barzaghi and Antonio Spagnoli .

Tantardini, who was influenced by Lorenzo Bartolini and Vincenzo Vela in addition to Marchesi , stood at the transition from classicism to romanticism , which developed into naturalism . His works combine monumentality with soft naturalistic outlines.

Works

Allegorical female figure at the foot of the Cavour monument

Bas-relief The Birth of Mary , Milan Cathedral , 1863
Monument to Antonio Bordoni , University of Pavia , 1864
Marble group Faust and Margarethe for Giovanni Antona Traversi, today in the Galleria d'Arte Moderna , Milan, 1864
Monument to Camillo Benso von Cavour , Milan, 1865 (together with Odoardo Tabacchi )
Funerary monument to the Prandoni family, Cimitero Monumentale , Milan, 1867
Cenotaph for Conte Teodoro Lechi , Cimitero Vantiniano, Brescia , 1867
Monument to the Fallen of 1848, Vicenza , 1871
Monument to Tommaso Grossi in Bellano , 1871
Marble statue of Alessandro Voltas , University of Pavia, 1878
Colossal statue of Moses in the courtyard of the Archbishop's Palace, Milan
four marble lions, Ponte dei Leoni, Monza

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Tantardini, Antonio . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 43. Part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1881, pp. 57–59 ( digitized version ).
Raffaele Calzini: Tantardini, Antonio. In: Enciclopedia Italiana , Rome 1937
Tantardini, Antonio . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 32 : Stephens – Theodotos . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1938, p. 434-435 .
F. Fenzi: Tantardini, Antonio. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 14, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2012–, ISBN 978-3-7001-7312-0 , p. 198.

Web links

Commons : Antonio Tantardini - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Paolo Mezzanotte: Barzaghi, Francesco. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 7: Bartolucci – Bellotto. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1965.
↑ Ellen Hastaba: Spagnol (l) i, Antonio. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001-2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 445.
^ Ponte dei Leoni, Monza (MB) , Lombardia Beni Culturali, accessed on March 18, 2019

personal data
SURNAME	Tantardini, Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	June 12, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH	Milan
DATE OF DEATH	March 7, 1879
Place of death	Milan

[1] Paolo Mezzanotte: Barzaghi, Francesco. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 7: Bartolucci – Bellotto. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1965.

[2] Ellen Hastaba: Spagnol (l) i, Antonio. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001-2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 445.

[3] Ponte dei Leoni, Monza (MB) , Lombardia Beni Culturali, accessed on March 18, 2019