« ‹ I due Savonarola ›. La contesa su un monumento per Girolamo Savonarola a Firenze »

In the 19th century, two monuments to Savonarola have been erected in Florence: The statue of Enrico Pazzi was completed circa 1875 at a time, when anti-papal feelings ran high in Italy. The statue was conceived by Pazzi in 1861. A committee was formed in 1869 to commission a monument to Savonarola, which was to be placed in the convent of San Marco; however, they did not choose Pazzi's model, but instead chose one by Giovanni Duprè. By 1873, Duprè completed his contribution: a simple plaque and relief bust placed in the cell of the friar in San Marco. Pazzi's work, completed only in 1875, did not find enough subscribers, and was donated ultimately to the Town Hall. It remained in studio till 1882, when it was installed, to much criticism, into the niche of the southern end of the Salone dei Cinquecento in the Palazzo Vecchio. Today it is located in Piazza Savonarola in Florence.