# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/giovanni-bastianini
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:17:56.795Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/giovanni-bastianini"
name: "Giovanni Bastianini"
slug: "giovanni-bastianini"
description: "Giovanni Bastianini was an Italian sculptor who began his career as a stonecutter in the quarries at Fiesole, and was sent by Francesco Inghirami to study in Florence, first with Pio Fedi and then with Girolamo Torrini, with whom he collaborated on a statue of Donatello for the portico of the Uffizi. Bastianini's name became famous in connection with his unmasking as the first widely publicized art forger."
tagline: "Italian artist (1830-1868)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michele_gordigiani%2C_ritratto_dello_scultore_giovanni_bastianin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1830-09-17"
deathDate: "1868-06-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.46
  momentum:             3.377483443708609
  historical:           5.673938666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Bastianini"
    title: "Giovanni Bastianini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Bastianini"
    title: "Giovanni Bastianini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Bastianini"
    title: "Giovanni Bastianini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Bastianini"
    title: "Giovanni Bastianini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Bastianini"
    title: "Giovanni Bastianini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Бастианини, Джованни"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5563693"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump