Monument to Verdi, Milan

The Monument to Giuseppe Verdi is a bronze sculpture on a plinth located in Piazza Michelangelo Buonarroti in Milan, Italy.

The statue stands in front of the Casa di Riposo per Musicisti (nursing home for musicians) which had been founded by Giuseppe Verdi, and where he is buried.

A contest was announced for proposals for a monument, to be judged by a committee named by members of the Brera Academy.

His model recalls a more expansive monument such as the 1897 Donizetti Monument by Francesco Jerace, but this time placing a sitting Verdi in the center of a rounded screen, flanked by two musical figures and a linear display of bas reliefs.

The work is far less formal than Carminati's project, with Verdi pausing while standing with hands clasped under his jacket behind his back.