Born in Venice, de Pol was a student of
Giulio Monteverde. (Monteverde was also the mentor to Argentine sculptor
Lola Mora.) He immigrated to Argentina at the age of 22 and participated in the development of
La Plata, designing
Beaux-Arts-style sculpture for major public buildings. At least judging from his commissions related to President
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, de Pol was socially well-connected.
From 1890 through 1895 de Pol returned to Europe. His return to Argentina brought the major work of his career, the 8-meter, 20-ton heroic
quadriga on the
Argentine National Congress building,
c. 1906.