her eyes the image of the body and blood of Christ. In 1922, Sciortino examined the Isleworth Mona Lisa, and wrote a letter expressing his opinion that it "is a very beautiful picture and is in perfect state of preservation and in my opinion is school of Leonardo da Vinci, also 'Bottega di Leonardo' (Studio of Leonardo)". On commission of the people of the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Sciortino had to complete a monument for the Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov to be erected in Rostov-on-Don. The plaster draft was completed in 1923 but the bronze monument was not realized due to the turmoil in Russia following Lenin's death in 1924. Today the plaster cast is in the courtyard of the National Art Museum in Valletta. Between 1924 and 1927 Sciortino completed Rhythmii Vitae, a work considered one of his best in bronze and which was exhibited in the Royal Academy of Arts in London. He worked on a bust of Carmen Sylva on a stetina of the Royal family of Romania and created an imposing monument commemorating the proclamation of Brazil as a Republic. At this time he also worked on the bust of Marquess Godi de Godio. On 8 May 1927 another great monument of Sciortino was unveiled in Malta, the Great Siege Monument, located in front of the Auberge d'Alvergne (today's Court of Justice). This monument commemorates the bravery and heroism of the Maltese in the Siege of 1565. The monument is composed of three figures that represent courage, faith and civilization. In 1929 Sciortino's design for an equestrian monument of General Simon Bolivar took second place. Between 1931 and 1936, in preparation for an exhibition by the American Art Commission, Sciortino completed a number of works of different artistic forms and subjects - in all twenty-one pieces of sculpture in plaster, bronze and marble. Among these we find Lindbergh on Eagle, Courage of Future Generation, Arab Horses, In the Jungle, Detachment of the Soul from Humanity, Speed ', Madonna protecting Navigators, Dangerous Sport, Consolation, Late, First Kiss, Laughing, Surprised, Smiling and others. These are all jobs that express vitality and enthusiasm. Finally the exhibition could not take place due to the death of the chairman of the commission Frank Pedry, the economic recession that America was going through, and the international political events. In 1936 the British Academy of Arts in Rome had to close