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Gratitude

Lorenzo Bartolini 1838

This plaster cast is the model for a sculpture belonging to the central group of the monument made by Bartolini for Nicolaij Demidoff. The Museum of Palazzo Pretorio also conserves the exquisite marble and alabaster model in this same room.

Technical information

Author: Lorenzo Bartolini
Title: Gratitude
Date: 1838
Material and technique: Plaster
Size: 116 x 93 x 53 cm
Location: Palazzo Pretorio Museum
Third Floor

The choice of the allegory of Gratitude is intended to allude to the role of generous father that the Russian patron, Nicolai Demidoff, embodies towards his sons and the Florentine people.
This work, previously kept in the Gipsoteca Bartoliniana of the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence, is a recent (2014) acquisition for the collection of the Museum of Palazzo Pretorio. Together with Charity the Educator, the work represents one of the numerous Bartolini sculptures owned by the state and housed at the Prato institution, which has sought in this way to promote the Savignano-born sculptor since the last century.