Raniero Paulucci de' Calboli's Donation Works by Adolfo Wildt Father of Fulcieri. On his own tomb, in addition to his name and the years of his birth and death, Marquis Raniero Paulucci di Calboli requested that these words be engraved as a testament to the profound love and great sorrow caused by the premature death of his eldest son Fulcieri, the “Saint of the Maimed,” a Gold Medal recipient of the Great War. Upon his death, he bequeathed to the City of Forlì a capital sum of three hundred thousand lire, so that the income from this sum might be distributed to the children of those maimed and wounded in the war, and he donated to the municipal collection a rich collection of works of art, including seven sculptures by Adolfo Wildt and a sculptural portrait of Pedro Meylan by Wildt. In the new section Thanks to the patronage of Raniero Paulucci di Calboli, the museums of Forlì now house a collection of Wildt’s sculptures, unique in both quality and variety, which demonstrate how his technical virtuosity and poetic vision transcend the natural form to attain deeper and more eternal meanings.
