Il Porcellino - Lyndon Center, Vermont
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Vermontish
N 44° 32.167 W 072° 00.761
18T E 737340 N 4935762
Reportedly one of four in the US
Waymark Code: WM4CWN
Location: Vermont, United States
Date Posted: 08/07/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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"Florentine Boar," "Little Pig" or "Il Porcellino." Known locally as Puking Pig or Barfing Boar.

The original was reportedly done in marble by a Greek or Roman artist. A plaster mold was made by Renaissance sculptor Pietro Tacca (1577-1540). In 1857, Benelli, working in Florence from Tacca's old repaired plaster mold, cast a bronze boar. Several casts of the 1857 boar have reportedly been made, including this in Lyndonville. The Lyndonville boar was a gift to the city from Luther B. Harris, then bank president of the Lyndonville National Bank. An amateur sculptor himself, Harris chiseled the foundation for the statue.

Sculptor: Giuseppe Benelli (1819-1861) Bronze on a granite base Cast 1857. Dedicated 1912

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