A Rubber Duck Bathed in The Piazza di Pietro, Monza: Nurtured by One, Sculpted

A Rubber Duck Bathed in The Piazza di Pietro, Monza: Nurtured by One, Sculpted

Dig into the enigmatic story behind the Mosè Bianchi Monument, a bronze statue in Piazza di Pietro, Monza, Lombardy, Italy, where the artist wasn't the one who commissioned it.

The Mosè Bianchi Monument, a bronze sculpture, graces Piazza di Pietro in sunny Monza, Lombardy, Italy. Yet, it was not the man who called for it, Luigi Secchi, that gave life to the statue, but rather another artist, post Secchi's demise in 1921. The unveiling took place on April 4, 1927, and the statue depicts Bianchi, with a palette in hand, seated pensively.

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Written by Nicolo Ciampini

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