ARTISTIC MARBLE SCULPTURES

ARTISTIC MARBLE
 

Marble
            an Italian tradition

Marble is part of life here
                                   ... part of history
 

Carrara's white marble, pride of the Apuane Alps, has always been the most famous ornamental stone all over the world.  There's no town in Italy or abroad which hasn't got in its cultural heritage sculptures or buildings made up with this marble.  The greatest masters have always made their masterpieces shaping the white "stone". Michelangelo himself came to these areas and chose these blocks to build up the statues for the Medici's  Chapels and the tomb of Julius II (the second) and well-known  Pietà and David.  Thanks to their durability these beautiful works of our history have com to us.

The "Pietà"

This work was commissioned by Cardinal Jean Bilhères de Lagraulas.  The contract for the Pietà is dated August 27, 1498. The  sculpture was to be finished in one year and the salary was fixed at 450 gold ducats.  The group was first erected in Old St. Peter's, in one of the chapels of the church of St. Petronilla.  In 1749, the group was removed to its present site on the north side of St. Peter's, now called Cappella della Pietà.

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Every item is carved according to your specifications. Delivery time from the order confirmation date is 3-4 months.