Carlo Alfred Romanelli (1872–1947) was an Italian sculptor, born in

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August 24, 1872 and died August 9, 1947. He came to the United States in 1902, settling in

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.Mackay, James, The Dictionary of Sculptors in Bronze, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk 1977 He moved to

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in the early 1920s. He was the son of Italian sculptor

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(1856–1928) who created the 1927 bust of

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in Detroit. Among Carlo Romanelli's Detroit works are the bronze tablet of Cadillac's landing, now at the Cadillac Center

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Station downtown, and ''La Pieta'' at the entrance of Mt. Elliott Cemetery. Carlo attended the Royal Academy of Art in Italy and studied with his father and sculptor

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; Rivalta's Detroit statue of

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(1910) is now at Jefferson Avenue and Randolph Street. Other works by Romanelli completed for Detroit include a bust of Bishop Foley, which was not sited.

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