BARTOLINI, LORENZO (1777-185o), Italian sculptor, was born in Vernio in Tuscany. After acquiring reputation as a modeller in alabaster, he went in 1797 to Paris, where he studied painting under Desmarets, and afterwards sculpture under F. F. Lemot. For Napoleon he executed a colossal bust, and was sent by him to Carrara to found a school of sculpture. The rest of his life was spent there and in Florence. His works are varied and include an immense number of busts. The group of Charity, the "Hercules and Lichas" and the "Faith in God," are among the best examples of his work.