Vittoriano
Silhouetted against the Roman sky
In 1927, the two quadrigae were finally hoisted into position atop the two propylaea
In 1925, when Artistic Direction for the Vittoriano was then in the hands of Armando Brasini (1879-1965) , the artists Fontana and Bartolini were finally allowed to begin casting the quadrigae, each with his own trusted metalworker: Fontana chose the Florentine Artistic Foundry; Bartolini the Chiurazzi Company of Naples. The metal alloy was the same as that of the statue of Victor Emmanuel II on horseback. The Minister of War gave permission for the cannons left by the Austrians on the battlefield during the First World War to be used. In the summer of 1927, the two quadrigae were finally assembled and gilded in situ, thus bringing the story that had begun over twenty years earlier to an end.
One of the wheels of the cast bronze quadrigae, made by the two metalworking companies, being transported before its installation
Fonderia Chiurazzi, in Via dei Ponti Rossi, between the hill of Capodimonte and Piazza Ottocalli in Naples, in a late 19th-century photograph
The equestrian statue of Victor Emmanuel II on horseback by Enrico Chiaradia, divided into two parts, being transported on the streets of Rome
In 1925, when Artistic Direction for the Vittoriano was then in the hands of Armando Brasini (1879-1965) , the artists Fontana and Bartolini were finally allowed to begin casting the quadrigae, each with his own trusted metalworker: Fontana chose the Florentine Artistic Foundry; Bartolini the Chiurazzi Company of Naples. The metal alloy was the same as that of the statue of Victor Emmanuel II on horseback. The Minister of War gave permission for the cannons left by the Austrians on the battlefield during the First World War to be used. In the summer of 1927, the two quadrigae were finally assembled and gilded in situ, thus bringing the story that had begun over twenty years earlier to an end.
One of the quadrigae being installed on a propylaeum of the Vittoriano
Piazza Venezia in 1930, just a few years after the installation of the two quadrigae on the propylaeum of the Vittoriano
