Birth of the Sculptor Giulio Tadolini

Funerary Monument to Pope Leo XIII by Giulio Tadolini

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On October 22nd 1849, the sculptor Giulio Tadolini was born in Rome. 

Giulio came from a family of sculptors. Both his father Scipione Tadolini (1822-93) and his grandfather Adamo Tadolini (1788-1868) were successful practitioners of the profession.

Giulio Tadolini's most important commission was the creation of the funerary monument to Pope Leo XIII (r. 1878-1903) in the church of San Giovanni in Laterano.  

Giulio Tadolini died in Rome on April 18th 1918. 

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