CHAPTER X.

My wife, my little girls, and my work--Death of my brother Lorenzo--Death of Lorenzo Bartolini--The base for the "Tazza"--Eight years of work, only to obtain a living--Mussini and his school--Pollastrini--The school in Via Sant'Apollini--Prince Demidoff and the monument by Bartolini--The Nymph of the Scorpion and the Nymph of the Serpent, by Bartolini--Marchese Ala--Count Arese--The four statuettes for Demidoff--Amerigo of the Prince Corsinis--His Royal Highness Count of Syracuse, a sculptor--"Sant'Antonino" statue at the Uffizi, 179