Augusto Benvenuti (January 8, 1839 – February 7, 1899) was an Italian sculptor, born and active in

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and the Veneto.

Biography

Born to a poor family, he was apprenticed first as a wood engraver, where he learned also to sculpt. Among his works are the ''Monument to Giorgione'' (1878) in Castelfranco Veneto, the ''Monument to Vittorio Emanuele'' (1880) in

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, the ''Monument to the Army'' (1885) in the

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of Venice, and also the ''Monument to Garibaldi'' (1887) in Venice, and a statue depicting ''Berta che fila'', exhibited in Vienna in 1888, once belonged to Senator Alessandro Rossi of Schio. He also completed the statues in front of the Theater of

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. he completed a number of bronze portrait busts. He completed a bust of the ''Innominato'' (1881). His ''Monument of the Army'' in Venice depicts a soldier saving a woman and child, recalling the efforts of the army during a flood of 1882. He died in extreme poverty.Entry in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
by Elda Fezzi, Volume 8 (1966).

References

1839 births 1899 deaths Artists from Venice 19th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-sculptor-stub