AMENDOLA, Giovanni Battista
(b. 1848 Episcopio di Sarno, d. 1887 Napoli)
Italian sculptor. He studied in Naples at the Accademia delle Belle Arti. Much of his work is to be seen in Naples, including a statue of Joachim Murat for the façade of the Royal Palace, a bust of architect Enrico Alvino in the grounds of the Villa Comunale. In Salerno his Pergolesi Dying can be seen at the opera house. He also sculpted the caryatids at the entrance of the Mausoleo Schilizzi in Posillipo.
He moved to England, receiving commissions both there and from abroad, with the latter including the well-known bronze of a pensive woman entitled The Dominant Thought, and Wedded (bronze of a young couple). He also produced a seated statuette of Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema.
