Ezechiele Trombetta (September 13, 1834 in

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– 1903) was an Italian sculptor. He was a resident in Como. He studied at the

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, and won some prizes. He exhibited ''La mèsse'' and ''Incitazione'', at the Mostra Nazionale of Naples of 1877, and in 1880 to Milan, he sent a marble group titled: ''Good Morning'', and two puttini: ''Titubante e Impermalito''. The same group and one of two putti were exhibited again in 1881 in Milan. At the 1883 Mostra in Rome, he exhibited ''Da Galileo a Volta'', a bronze group; and in Turin, the next year, a statue in marble, ''Scienza e Allegoria'' (Allegory of Volta's experiment) won a silver medal at the 1883-84 International Exhibition at Nizza. Other works del Trombetta are the thousands of graceful putti in all manner of expression. He often worked in clay. The Modern Art Gallery of Milan displays a relief titled ''Dante and Casella'' (1869) He completed the wooden statue of the title saint for the church of San Donnino in Como he completed the bust of Garibaldi for the Asilo Garibaldi in Como. Lombardia Beni Culturali
entry for Asilo Garibaldi.

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1834 births 1903 deaths 19th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors Brera Academy alumni 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-sculptor-stub