Ivan Vitali
Illustration — Portrait by Vasily Tropinin, c. 1836, oils; Tretyakov Gallery Ivan Petrovich Vitali (1794–1855) was a Russian sculptor of Italian descent. Ivan Vitali was born in Saint Petersburg, he was apprenticed to his father, Pietro Vitali, from an early age.
Also recorded as Ivan. Vitali · Giovanni Vitali · Ivan Petrovich Vitali
Ivan Vitali
Vasily Andreevich Tropinin · Public domain
- Born
- 1794 · Saint Petersburg.
- Died
- 1855 · Saint Petersburg.
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- Russian Empire
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- sculptor · architect
- Movements
- Classicism
- Education
- Imperial Academy of Arts
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After attending the Imperial Academy of Arts he moved to Moscow in 1818. His major works include a six-horse chariot for Bove's Triumphal Arch, a fountain in front of the Bolshoi Theatre (1825), the bas-reliefs above the doors of St. Isaac's Cathedral, and an outdoor bronze statue of Emperor Paul in Gatchina.
• Large headboard group crowning the Bauman Higher Technical School in Moscow, formerly the Trade Educationa Establishment technical training center. 1820s. • No. 14 Solyanka street, designed by Giacomo Gilardi, bas reliefs, 1823-26 • No. 14 Leninsky Prospekt, gateway pillars (1835), and a fountain in the forecourt that "originally stood in Dzerzhinsky Square." • Illustration — The statue of Venus removing her sandals (Stuttgart) • Illustration — The statue of Emperor Paul in Gatchina • Illustration — Petrovka Fountain in Moscow • Illustration — Vitali's fountain in the Neskuchny Garden • Illustration — St. Isaac's Cathedral
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Ivan Vitali lived from 1794 to 1855 and is documented in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. The birth of Ivan Vitali is recorded in 1794, and the death in 1855.
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Ivan Vitali is recorded as sculptor and architect.
Karl Bryullov, Ivan Vitali, c. 1836–1837, Tretyakov Gallery 5059; from goskatalog.ru
Karl Bryullov · Брюллов Карл Павлович. Портрет скульптора И. П. Витали | Государственный каталог Музейного фонда Российской Федерации
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1794
Ivan Vitali born at Saint Petersburg.
1855
Ivan Vitali died at Saint Petersburg.
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Vitali, Ivan, Oxford Art Online, 2003
Prince Boris Nikolaevich Yusupov (1794–1849) and sculptor Ivan Petrovich Vitali (1794–1855)
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Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Mears, Bernard. Moscow: Architecture and Monuments. Progress Publishers. 1968.
- Krivdina, Olga A. Эпоха Марка Антокольского. Buksmart. 14–43. 2020. 978-5-907043-97-8.
- Ramazanov, Nikolai A. Материалы для истории художеств в России. Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 2014. 978-5-336-00162-4.
- Якирина Т. В., Одноралов Н. В., Витали, Л.-М., 1960.
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