Francesco Barzaghi

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Francesco Barzaghi (1839–1892) was an Italian sculptor.

Born in

Accademia di Brera. Among his colleagues was Vincenzo Vela. The sculptor Enrico Cassi
was one of his pupils.

Barzaghi completed a number of monuments, including the bronze equestrian statued dedicated to

Garibaldi (1888). He made many marble female figures, including:[1]

  • La Frine denudata
  • La Mosca cieca
  • Silvia che si specchia (Paris Exposition 1878)
  • Moses saved from the Nile (Paris Exposition 1878)
  • L' innocenza (won a prize in Turin 1881)
  • Psiche
  • La Vanerella

References

  1. ^ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 39.
  • Obtained some dates from Italian Wikipedia entry.