Scrinzi Marenzi Tomb

A year after the death of Giovanni Battista de Scrinzi, the archway is described by Miliegi as still "deserted", but the artist anticipates "that it will soon be adorned with a monument worthy of the illustrious deceased" (MILIEGI 1886, p. 47).
The tomb, characterised in its lower part by an elaborate sarcophagus in Renaissance style, presents a decisive upward thrust from a compositional point of view with a young girl representing the soul emerging from the uncovered arch.
The drapery of the young woman reveals an intense chiaroscuro play that already hints at certain Bistolfi solutions.
As already noted by Bellocchi, the girl is similar to another one sculpted by Barcaglia for Cristina Maestri's tomb in the Milan monumental cemetery.
Baron Giovanni Battista de Scrinzi, a nobleman from Montecroce (1805-1885), who rests in the tomb, was a great friend of Pasquale Revoltella and drew up the will of the benefactor from Trieste. As a lawyer by profession, he obtained numerous positions; he was a member of the Decennial Council, a municipal councillor, a deputy in Vienna, a life member of the Chamber of Lords and a promoter of the Superior School of Commerce, the future Faculty of Economics and Commerce.
His role in the art world was also important and he became the first president of the curatorial committee of the Revoltella Museum. Under his guidance Barcaglia's La vergognosa, in 1873, and Woman holding back time, in 1877, were purchased. Almost certainly, therefore, the choice of the sculptor from Pavia for the creation of the family tomb was not accidental.