Edoardo Lionetti (

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

, December 1862- Naples, March 26, 1912) was an Italian sculptor. After first completing literary studies, he studied art at the Royal Institute of Fine Arts of Naples from 1881 to 1884, where he won two prizes, one for design and the other for sculpture. He dedicated himself to the latter. He exhibited in 1884 in Turin, Nice and at the 1888 Mostra Italiana of London. The Ministry of Finances of Rome once had a Lionetti bronze bust entitled ''Ride''. His ''Sul lido'' was acquired by the Society of Fine Arts of Naples. Another work is his ''Sguardo bieco''. He completed many busts and figures in

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, including: ''Mihif''; ''Eh! eh!''; ''Intontito''; and ''Fra rose''. He completed many portraits including that of cavalliere Cola Volpe of Atrani, of the signora D'Amata of

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, and of the signora Valente of

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. For the painter D'Agostino of

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, he completed a bas-relief depicting a ''Virgin of the star'' and ''An Alpine Fountain''. In 1893, he submitted a statue of the ''Blind Man of Jericho'' (Cieco di Gerico) to the Mostra Nazionale in Rome.La tavola rotonda giornale letterario illustrato della domenica
year III #15, by Tristano, Naples, page 6.

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