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The Piccirilli brothers were an Italian family of renowned marble carvers and sculptors who carved many of the most significant marble sculptures in the United States, including Daniel Chester French’s colossal Abraham Lincoln (1920) in the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.

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Piccirilli Brothers

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The Piccirilli brothers were an Italian family of renowned marble carvers and sculptors who carved many of the most significant marble sculptures in the...

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Lincoln Memorial

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seated Abraham Lincoln (1920), which was carved in marble by the Piccirilli brothers. Jules Guerin painted the interior murals, and the epitaph above...

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Piccirilli

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(1965–2015), an author and a poet Piccirilli Brothers, who were a family of renowned marble carvers that included: Attilio Piccirilli (1866–1945), an Italian-American...

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Attilio Piccirilli

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di San Luca of Rome. Piccirilli came to the United States in 1888 and worked for his father and then with the Piccirilli Brothers as a sculptor, modeler...

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Exedra

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Its architect was Eric Gugler, and in 1932 it was executed by the Piccirilli Brothers studio, the firm that carved the Lincoln Memorial in Washington,...

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Furio Piccirilli

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Furio Piccirilli (March 27, 1868 – January 17, 1949) was an Italian-born American sculptor and one of the Piccirilli Brothers. Piccirilli was born in...

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Washington Square Arch

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most of the rest of the carving on the arch was performed by the Piccirilli Brothers. Upon the last stone is carved a huge "P" in honor of Ignacy Jan...

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Eccles Building

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building's only three-dimensional sculpture which was carved by the Piccirilli Brothers, while John Gregory carved bas-reliefs for the exterior of the C Street...

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Brooklyn Museum

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outermost pavilions, were sculpted. The sculptures were carved by the Piccirilli Brothers, who sculpted a total of 30 figures on the museum's facade. Fourteen...

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New York Stock Exchange Building

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Broad Street is a triangular pediment, originally carved by the Piccirilli Brothers and designed by John Quincy Adams Ward and Paul Wayland Bartlett...

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Georgia Marble Company

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the Piccirilli Brothers, Daniel Chester French's Abraham Lincoln statue in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., carved by the Piccirill Brothers, National...

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New York Public Library Main Branch

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Two lion sculptures, made of Tennessee marble and sculpted by the Piccirilli Brothers based on a design by Edward Clark Potter, flank the stairway from...

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Manitoba Legislative Building

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designed by Scottish sculptor Albert Hemstock Hodge and carved by the Piccirilli Brothers of New York. Above the main pediment, flanking both sides are two...

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Pennsylvania State Capitol sculpture groups

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and modeled them in clay and plaster over several years in France. Piccirilli Brothers carved them in white Carrara marble in New York City, and installed...

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New York Public Library

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guarding the entrance were sculpted by E.C. Potter and carved by the Piccirilli Brothers. Its main reading room was contemporaneously the largest of its kind...

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Henry Clay Frick House

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masonry contractor Cauldwell-Wingate Company to build the house. The Piccirilli Brothers designed several pediments for the facade (which were contracted...

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Wisconsin State Capitol

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Piccirilli's Wisdom and Learning of the World adorns the north pediment. The carving of all these sculptures is attributed to the Piccirilli Brothers...

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Upper West Side

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as a display of flowers and children's teddy bears on 9/11. The Piccirilli Brothers' female model for this work, Audrey Munson, sat for the nearby Straus...

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Henry Bacon

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Samuel Spencer, (1910) Daniel Chester French sculptor, carved by the Piccirilli Brothers, Atlanta, Georgia James Oglethorpe Monument, (1910) Daniel Chester...

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Daniel Chester French

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Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial (1914–22), executed by the Piccirilli Brothers. The Weaver, outside the Peace Dale Library in South Kingstown, Rhode...

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Lists of Italian Americans

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Ferrari Thomas Gaetano LoMedico Costantino Nivola Corrado Parducci Piccirilli Brothers Italo Scanga - neo-Dadaist Paul Busti (1749–1824) - Holland Land...

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Conservatory Water

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Its architect was Eric Gugler, and in 1932 it was executed by the Piccirilli Brothers studio, the firm that carved the Lincoln Memorial in Washington,...

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Civic Virtue

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William MacMonnies and architect Thomas Hastings, and carved by the Piccirilli Brothers. The fountain was originally placed in front of New York City Hall...

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Museum of Us

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Places. The exterior sculpture on the building was created by the Piccirilli Brothers. The main museum is housed in the California Building with its landmark...

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USS Maine National Monument

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consists of a pylon with a fountain at its base and sculptures by Attilio Piccirilli surrounding it. A sculpture group of gilded bronze figures atop the pylon...

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