Camillo Pacetti (

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, 2 May 1758 -

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, 16 July 1826) was an Italian sculptor. He was the brother of

Vincenzo Pacetti Vincenzo Pacetti (1746–1820) was an Italian sculptor and restorer from Castel Bolognese, particularly active in collecting and freely restoring and completing classical sculptures such as the Barberini Faun (1799 – now in the Glyptothek, Mun ...

, another sculptor. A student of the

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, he later worked in various churches in Rome and Milan. In 1804, on Antonio Canova's recommendation, he was offered the role of chair of the

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in Milan, to succeed

Giuseppe Franchi Giuseppe Franchi (1731 – 1806) was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor. After studying Neoclassical art in Rome under Johann Joachim Winckelmann, he taught at the Brera Academy in Milan from its beginning in 1776 where he worked with the archite ...

. Besides this teaching engagement, Pacetti accepted also public commissions, such as the statue of the New Law for the facade of the

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and reliefs for the Arco della Pace at Milan (the arch planned by

Luigi Cagnola Marchese Luigi Cagnola (9 June 1762 – 14 August 1833) was a Neoclassical Italian architect. Biography Cagnola was born in Milan. He was sent at the age of fourteen to the Clementine College at Rome, and afterwards studied at the University o ...

and also featuring sculpture by

Luigi Canonica (Cristoforo Maria) Luigi Canonica (Tesserete, Canton Ticino, 9 March 1762 – Milan, 7 February 1844) was a Swiss architect and urban planner whose prominent career as an exponent of neoclassicism was spent largely in Milan and Lombardy. He was th ...

). His subject matter ranged from portraits to mythological and allegorical scenes. He was engaged by

Josiah Wedgwood Josiah Wedgwood (12 July 1730 – 3 January 1795) was an English potter, entrepreneur and abolitionist. Founding the Wedgwood company in 1759, he developed improved pottery bodies by systematic experimentation, and was the leader in the indus ...

in Rome from 1787/88 under the supervision of

John Flaxman John Flaxman (6 July 1755 – 7 December 1826) was a British sculptor and draughtsman, and a leading figure in British and European Neoclassicism. Early in his career, he worked as a modeller for Josiah Wedgwood's pottery. He spent several ye ...

, to model six tablets illustrating the life of

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. A pen and wash drawing by Pacetti of Achilles on the back of Centaur hunting a Lion is in the

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- it is copied from a similar image on a classical marble, the

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of c. 800-400 BC in the

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, substituting that work's female centaur for

Chiron In Greek mythology, Chiron ( ; also Cheiron or Kheiron; ) was held to be the superlative centaur amongst his brethren since he was called the "wisest and justest of all the centaurs". Biography Chiron was notable throughout Greek mythology ...

. He completed a ''Minerva'' for the Brera. Some of his notable students were

Abbondio Sangiorgio Abbondio Sangiorgio (16 July 1798 – 2 November 1879) was an Italian sculptor of the neoclassical period. Biography Born in Milan, Sangiorgio studied at the city's Accademia di Brera. During his early career he worked for the Fabbrica del Duo ...

and .

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