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OBICI, Giuseppe

(b. 1807 Spilamberto, d. 1878 Roma)

Italian sculptor, born in Spilamberto where his house is now a museum. He studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Modena. His patron was Duke Francesco IV. He went to Rome where he created his masterpieces: the huge statue of St Paul in the atrium of the basilica San Paolo fuori le Mura, and the bronze Virgin at top of an ancient Roman marble column, found in 1777 in the Monastery of Santa Maria della Concezione in Campo Marzio, now in the Piazza di Spagna, Rome.

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The statue of St Paul is in the atrium of the basilica San Paolo fuori le Mura in Rome.

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In Italy, Neoclassicism maintained its dominance until the end of the nineteenth century and found masterly expression in the new basilica of San Paolo fuori le Mura, which was consecrated in 1854 (the first church having been destroyed by fire in 1823). The restoration was completed by the addition of a splendid four-bayed portico, in the centre of which stands a monumental figure of St Paul by Giuseppe Obici.

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