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Rolla Tomb at Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa - Italy

Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa - Italy

 

Rolla Tomb - Sculptor Giovanni Isola - 1865

The Rolla family was among the largest textile entrepreneurs since the 1840s and owned numerous cotton mills in the land around Genoa. The female figure rests on a sarcophagus decorated with phytomorphic motifs and classic funerary symbols, such as the winged hourglass (symbol of flying time) and the owl.

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