Study for the monument of Amedeo di Savoia (Bozzetto per il monumento ad Amedeo di Savoia)

In 1892, Troubetzkoy in collaboration with Luigi Conconi (who designed the base of the present plaster), took part in the competition announced by the council of Turin for the building of a public monument in memory of Amedeo di Savoia, Duke of Aosta (Turin, 1845- 1890). The study, with the motto “Arte e Vita” (Art and Life) was presented in Turin and was positively acclaimed for its modernity by critics, together with that of Leonardo Bistolfi. The Concorso of 1892 stated that of the twenty nine studies of Turin’s competition, only that of Troubetzkoy was able to resemble “real life”. However, the opinion of Stella (1892b) prevailed, doubting the capabilities of Troubetzkoy for public monuments. According to Rebora (2017) the first competition was won by Ettore Ximenes, but due to lack of funds, this was never carried out. The second competition instead was won by Davide Calandra. Troubetzkoy reproposed the present plaster at the Triennale of Milan in 1894, together with the study for Garibaldi’s monument.

Paul Troubetzkoy (1866-1938), Italy, until 1938;
By descent to the heirs, Rhoda Muriel Marie Somerwell and Luigi Troubetzkoy;
Donated to the Museo del Paesaggio, 1938-1939

Esposizione dei bozzetti per il monumento al principe Amedeo di Savoia, Torino 1892, n. 17;
Esposizione Annuale alla Famiglia Artistica, Milano 1894, n. 2;
Museo del Paesaggio, Verbania, 1990, n. 15

Beltrami G., Le Belle Arti alla Permanente in "Corriere della Sera", 24-25 1892, p. 2;
Chirtani L. (Archinti L.), Ancora i bozzetti di Torino, in "Natura ed Arte" , 15 march 1892, pp. 641-645;
Grubicy, V., Nell'Arte e Fuori dell'arte. Eco del verdetto di Torino in "Cronaca d'Arte", 28 February 1892, p. 73;
Il concorso torinede per Amedeo di Savoia, in "Cronaca d'Arte", 14 February 1892, p. 57;
Sobrero C., O rinnovarsi o morire, in "Vita Moderna", 29 may 1892, pp. 169-171;
Stella A., Bozzetti del concorso pel monumento al Principe Amedeo in "Gazzetta del Popolo della Domenica", 14 february 1892, p. 59;
C.B.Le Esposizioni RIunite . La Scultura in "L'Italia del Popolo", 19-20 December 1894, p. 3;
Esposizioni Riunite. Belle Arti. Catalogo della Esposizione Triennale della R. Accademia di Brera, Milano 1894;
Chirtani L. (Archinti L.), Esposizione Triennale di Belle Arti. La scultura, in "Natura ed Arte", vol. VI, 5 july 1894, pp. 289-300;
R. Giolli, Paul Troubetzkoy, Milan, 1913, p. 19;
S. Rebora, in Paolo Troubetzkoy 1866-1938, exh. cat., Turin, 1990, p. 89-91;
Paolo Troubetzkoy, La Collezione del Museo del Paesaggio, Palazzo Viani Dugnani, Verbania, 2017, p. 56