Il Porcellino - Lyndonville, 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: WM7K5H
Location: Vermont, United States
Date Posted: 11/03/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Lee-2
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The original Wild Boar 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, Giuseppi Benelli, working in Florence from Tacca's original plaster mold, cast a bronze boar, "Il Porcellino". Several casts of the 1857 boar have reportedly been made, including this one in Lyndonville and another in New York.

The Lyndonville boar was a gift to the village by Luther B. Harris, president of the Lyndonville National Bank. An amateur sculptor himself, Harris chiseled the foundation for the statue. It is known locally as Barfing Boar or Puking Pig, for the water trickling from its mouth.

Where is original located?: Florence, Italy

Where is this replica located?: Lyndonville, Vermont

Who created the original?: Giuseppi Benelli

Internet Link about Original: http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1KI7281962894.28090&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!311561~!1&ri=2&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Outdoor+Sculpture+--+

Year Original was Created (approx. ok): 1857
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