Giovanni Maria Benzoni
Giovanni Maria Benzoni | |
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 Self-portrait bust at the Biblioteca Angelo Mai di Bergamo | |
| Born | August 28, 1809 |
| Died | April 28, 1873 (aged 63) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Movement | Neoclassicism |
Giovanni Maria Benzoni (28 August 1809 – 28 April 1873) was an Italian neoclassical sculptor. He was trained in Rome, where he later set up his own workshop.
Benzoni designed some of his sculptures with a production line in mind using other sculptors to produce the works in order to satisfy a growing demand for people on the
Roman Catholic Italian Cardinal Angelo Mai
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Benzoni also created the white marble image of Saint Anne and the child
Blessed Virgin Mary which was granted a decree of pontifical coronation on 9 September 1877 after his death by Pope Pius IX, now enshrined within the Apt Cathedral
of Saint Anne.
Sculptures by Benzoni of the Victoria Australia. Examples of his Young Dionysus With a Nymph can be found at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston Texas.
Gallery
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Child Virgin Mary and Saint Anne (Crowned by Pope Pius IX in 1877) -
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The Veiled Rebecca at the Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad, India
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