Art critic/enthusiasts, Prof.Robert Langton Douglas Siena, Italy

ombstone - Sienese production (20th century)
GRAVESTONE, 1951 - 1951
rectangular tombstone engraved with the funeral memory

OBJECT
tombstone
MATERIAL AND TECHNIQUE
Carrara marble/ engraving
CULTURAL FIELD
Sienese production
LOCATION
Laterino Municipal Cemetery
ADDRESS
Laterino road, Siena (SI)
HISTORICAL CRITICAL NEWS
In the Laterino Municipal Cemetery, some illustrious people are buried in tombs devoid of artistic interest, including, in addition to the English historian Robert Langton Douglas, the baritone Ettore Bastianini, the musician Rinaldo Franci, the sculptor Patrizio Fracassi, the writer Federico Tozzi, the painters Icilio Federico Joni and Bruno Bonci (see general cat. nos. 0900536060, 0900536078, 0900536058, 0900536089, 0900536057, 0900536091)
CARD TYPE
Works/objects of art
LEGAL CONDITION
property Territorial public body
NATIONAL CATALOG CODE
0900536104
COMPETENT BODY FOR PROTECTION
Superintendence of Archaeology, fine arts and landscape for the provinces of Siena, Grosseto and Arezzo
FILING BODY
Superintendency for Historical, Artistic and Ethnoanthropological Heritage for the provinces of Siena and Grosseto
REGISTRATIONS
on the tombstone, across the board - ROBERT LANGTON DOUGLAS / DAVENHAM 1 MARCH 1864 - FIESOLE 14 AUGUST 1951 / HISTORICAL SIGN OF THE CITY OF SIENA / IN THIS LAND / SO LOVED BY HIM / HE WANTED ETERNAL REST / THE MUNICIPALITY OF SIENA AND THE SENESE ACADEMY OF THE INTRODUCTS / THIS TOMBSTONE I POSED - capital letters - in grooves -