Pio Fedi
Pio Fedi (1815-1892) was an Italian sculptor who worked chiefly in the Romantic style.[1]
Works
Fedi is best known for his sculpture of the Rape of Polyxena, or Pyrrhus and Polyxena (unveiled 1866), in the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence, Italy. Fedi had a studio at 89 Via de Serragli. He also completed statues of Niccola Pisano and of the great scientist, Cisalpine, for the Portico degli Uffizi. His other works included a sculptural group of the Fury of Atamante, King of Thebes, The Genius of Fishing, Hope Nourishing Love, Hyppolite and Dianora del Bardi, and Castalla persecuted by Apollon.[2] He designed the statue of General Manfredo Fanti, moulded in bronze by Papi, which stands in the Piazza San Marco.[3]
One of his pupils was Giovanni Bastianini.