(1788 - 1868)
Adamo Tadolini studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Bologna, with another future pupil of Canova, Giacomo di Maria (1762-1838). Tadolini later entered Canova’s studio in Rome, where he assisted with numerous sculptures. He is generally considered the most gifted of Canova’s pupils and is particularly known for his statues of ‘Charles III’ in Naples, and ‘St Paul’ and ‘King David’, both in Piazza de Spagna, Rome. He exhibited two busts at the Royal Academy in London, in 1830 and 1853.
