Antonio Allegretti (1840–1918) was an Italian sculptor. He was born in

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, and died in

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, Italy. He trained in

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Santo Varni Santo Varni (1807 in Genoa – 1885) was an Italian sculptor active mainly in Liguria. He began his training at the Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti, where he was a pupil of Giuseppe Gaggini. He moved to Florence, where he was a pupil of L ...

. His submission to a contest in Genoa of the statue of ''Cain'', awarded him a stipend and a Gold medal from the Accademia Linguistica, and he moved to Florence. There he made a portrait of Marchese Ginno Capponi. From there he moved to Rome, where he became professor of sculpture at the Royal Institute of Fine Arts in Rome. In Rome he completed a statue of Margherita del Fausto, exhibited at the International Exposition of Paris, where it was lauded, reproduced, and sold. His ''Eve after the Sin'' was purchased by Rome municipality, and is exhibited in the

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. ''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.''
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 14.

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