Cesare Lapini, who lived from 1848 to 1893, was a Florentine sculptor, who specialized in female figures.

Cesare Lapini was a sculptor of allegorical and genre subjects and models after the Antique which he sold with great success from his Florence shop to an elite global clientele.  His unique compositions of partially disrobed maidens, such as La Sorpresa, and his allegorical creations of figures taking flight, and his group Celeste, are his most popular subjects.  The Galleria Lapini exhibited an impressive number of such statues at the Paris 1900 Exposition universelle.

Cesare Lapini (1848-ca. 1893) was an important sculptor who copied Antique subjects and created contemporary works of art during the second half of the 19th century.