DUPRE, dkl'prit'. GIOVANNI ( 1817-82 . An Italian sculptor of French descent, born at Siena. He tirst practiced wood-carving and then studied under Bartolini in Florence, where he afterwards lived. llis first success was "Abel" (1842) and its companion piece "Cain" (1845), both now in the Pitti Gallery. Florence. These were followed by the pedestal for a colossal vase (also in the Pitti). and a design for the monu ment to tile Duke of Wellington. Both show his taste for allegory. which was further developed by his increasing admiration for Canova. When the elaborate facades for Santa Croce and the Duomo were designed by Slatas and de Fahris, Dupr4- received orders for works on both. lint he lived to complete only the "Madonna Addolorata" (1860) and the lunette over the main door of Santa Croce. reptesenting the "Triumph of the Cross." At the Paris Exposition of 1867 he was awarded the gold medal. and in 1868 was made
corresponding member of the French Institute. His last great work was the monument to Cavour at Turin (1873). Other statues by him include the "Pieta." in the Siena cemetery, called his masterpiece; the "Dying Sappho," and the monument to the Countess Ferrari-Co•belli, in San Lorenzo, Florence. At times Dupre car ried realism to an extreme, hut his work is forcible, and his anatomy and drapery admir able, though lie had the faults of the modern Italian school in abuse of allegory, and lack of repose. His autobiography. Pcnsicri sull' ante e ricordi autobiografici. appeared in 1579 (trans lated by Peruzzi. 1884). Consult: Frieze. Gio vanni Dupre (London. 1SS6) ; Venturi, Scritti minori c later(' di Giovanni Dupre, con an a ppcnd ice ai ricordi al oldogra fici (Florence, 1885).