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Giuseppa Falli Mazzoni

Lorenzo Bartolini, Lorenzo Bartolini e bottega 1850

The bust depicts Giuseppa Falli, a native of Livorno and wife of Vincenzo Mazzoni, the industrialist from Prato and inventor of the mechanical loom and the famous red felt berets in the Levantine style.

Technical information

Author: Lorenzo Bartolini, Lorenzo Bartolini e bottega
Title: Giuseppa Falli Mazzoni
Date: 1850
Material and technique: Plaster
Size: h 53 cm
Location: Palazzo Pretorio Museum
Third Floor

Bartolini's naturalistic tendency is strongly expressed in the rendering of female features that appear characterising and particularly attentive to the identification of individualistic traits. This is a common feature of the numerous portraits, in plaster or marble, exhibited in the Museum's collection.