Paolo Mascagni’s Cenotaph

This Paolo Mascagni‘s marble cenotaph can be seen in the meeting hall of the Accademia dei Fisiocritici in Siena. At Mascagni’s death, in 1815, Sienese nobleman Giulio Del Taia commissioned a cenotaph of his friend to sculptor Stefano Ricci. The work was accomplished in 1821 and after several shifts was placed in its current location in 1997¹.

• Photos by Luca Borghi @ (July 2012), courtesy of Francesca Vannozzi and the Accademia dei Fisiocritici.

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Bibliography

• Davide Orsini and Margherita Aglianò, “Anatomy mourns the loss of her teacher, Paolo Mascagni”, Journal of Medical Biography, Volume 29, Issue 2, May 2021, pp. 101-102