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"Monument to Palladio" Statue
By Vincenzo Gajassi in 1859
Vicenza, Italy
| Location: |
Next to the Basilica Palladiana in the Piazza dei Signori |
| Material: |
White marble |
| See also: |
Palladian window Palladian door |
| Status: |
UNESCO World Heritage Site: "City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto" |
Left building: Basilica Palladiana
Andrea Palladio ... Gajassi"s last and most important commission
Donated to the city by Francesco Bressan in 1859
Note the head of a snake, apparently a common figure in Gajassi's work ... Snake detail in photo below:
Ionic capital at lower left: Egg-and-dart ... Volutes ... Fluting at the top of the "broken shaft: ... Note also the head of a snake (detailed below:)
Acanthus leaves ... Snake
Vincenzo Gajassi, Sculptor
Ribbon and wreath ... Architecture tools
