Bust of Giuseppe Mazzini

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Bust of Giuseppe Mazzini
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The sculpture in 2007
Bust of Giuseppe Mazzini
Year1878 (1878)
TypeSculpture
MediumBronze
Subject Giuseppe Mazzini
Location New York City, New York, United States
Coordinates 40°46′22″N73°58′36″W / 40.772867°N 73.976667°W / 40.772867; -73.976667

An outdoor bronze bust of Giuseppe Mazzini by Giovanni Turini is installed in Central Park's Sheep Meadow, in Manhattan, New York. The sculpture was commissioned by a group of Italian-Americans and was dedicated in 1878 with a speech by American poet William Cullen Bryant. [1] It sits on a granite pedestal, which includes two inscriptions that translate to "thought and action" and "God and the people". In 1994, the bust was restored by the Central Park Conservancy. [2]

References

  1. "W.C. Bryant and the Origins of Central Park". Bryant Library . Retrieved October 3, 2017.
  2. "Giuseppe Mazzini". Central Park Conservancy . Retrieved June 26, 2014.