Bernardo Schiaffino (1678 – 6 May 1725) was an Italian sculptor of the

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

period, active mainly in his natal city of

Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian ce ...

. He was one of two sculptors in his family, along with his younger brother

Francesco Maria Schiaffino Francesco Maria Schiaffino (1688 – 3 January 1763) was an Italian sculptor of the Rococo or late- Baroque, mainly active in his native city of Genoa. Born into a family of sculptors, including his older brother Bernardo Schiaffino. In ...

. He trained with

Domenico Parodi Domenico Parodi (1672 – 19 December 1742, in Genoa) was an Italian painter, as well as a sculptor and architect, of the late-Baroque. He was the son of the famous Genoese sculptor Filippo Parodi and the older brother of the Baroque painter Gi ...

. He befriended the Piola family of artists;

Domenico Piola Domenico Piola (1627 – 8 April 1703) was a Genoese painter of the Baroque period. He was the leading artist in Genoa in the second half of the 17th century, working on ceiling frescoes for many Genoese churches and palaces and canvas paintin ...

provided him with some designs, and Bernardo was close friends with his son

Paolo Girolamo Piola Paolo Gerolamo Piola (1666–1724) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period active mainly in Genoa. His father was the prominent Genoese painter Domenico Piola. Paolo Gerolamo was very active painting sacred subjects and frescoes. He was se ...

. In his biography, it claims he died of melancholy after the death of his inseparable friend. Among his pupils was

Francesco Queirolo Francesco Queirolo (1704–1762) was an Italian Genoese-born sculptor, active in Rome and Naples during the Rococo period. Biography He trained together with Giuseppe Rusconi in Rome. Here he executed the statues of St. Charles Borromeo and St. ...

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