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Name
  
Francesco Barzaghi


Died
  
1892, Milan, Italy

Francesco Barzaghi

Debussy (Arabesque No. 2) and Francesco Barzaghi (1839–1892)


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

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Born in Milan, he had his initial training in the studios of Antonio Tantardini and a sculptor called Puttinati. He enrolled in the Accademia di Brera. Among his colleagues was Vincenzo Vela.

Francesco Barzaghi Vanarella by Francesco Barzaghi on artnet

Barzaghi completed a number of monuments, including the bronze equestrian statued dedicated to Napoleon III, first unveiled in 1881 at the Exposition of Milan. He also made monuments to Luciano Manara and Garibaldi (1888). He made many marble female figures, including:

  • 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

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