Francesco Barzaghi (1839–1892) was an Italian sculptor. Born in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

, he had his initial training in the studios of

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and a sculptor called Puttinati. He enrolled in the

Accademia di Brera The Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera ("academy of fine arts of Brera"), also known as the or Brera Academy, is a state-run tertiary public academy of fine arts in Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, ca ...

. Among his colleagues was Vincenzo Vela. The sculptor

Enrico Cassi Enrico Cassi (December 1863 – 12 February 1913) was an Italian sculptor. Biography He was born in Varese. His father was a marble worker in Pavia, was able to have Enrico study sculpting at the Brera Academy under Francesco Barzaghi and En ...

was one of his pupils. Barzaghi completed a number of monuments, including the bronze equestrian statued dedicated to

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, first unveiled in 1881 at the Exposition of Milan. He also made monuments to Luciano Manara and

Garibaldi Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi ( , ;In his native Ligurian language, he is known as ''Gioxeppe Gaibado''. In his particular Niçard dialect of Ligurian, he was known as ''Jousé'' or ''Josep''. 4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, patr ...

(1888). He made many marble female figures, including: ''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.''
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 39. *''La Frine denudata'' *''La Mosca cieca'' *''Silvia che si specchia'' (Paris Exposition 1878) *''Moses saved from the Nile'' (Paris Exposition 1878) *''L' innocenza'' (won a prize in Turin 1881) *''Psiche'' *''La Vanerella'' 8732 - Milano - Francesco Barzaghi - Monumento a Francesco Hayez - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto - 14-Apr-2007.jpg, Monument to Francesco Hayez (Milan) IMG 3963 - Milano - Piazzetta Brera - Monumento ad Hayez (1890) - Foto di Giovanni Dall'Orto - 19 jan 2007.jpg, Detail (Hayez Monument) File:3632 - Milano - Francesco Barzaghi, Monumento a Luciano Manara - Foto Giovanni Dall'orto 23-6-2007.jpg, Monument to Luciano Manara (Milan) File:9914 - Venezia - Francesco Barzaghi (1839-1892) - Monumento a Tommaseo -1882- - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto, 12-Aug-2007.jpg, Monument to Niccolò Tommaseo (Venice) File:7004 - Milano - Monumento al Manzoni in p.zza San Fedele - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto 8-Mar-2007.jpg, Monument to Alessandro Manzoni in

Piazza San Fedele Piazza San Fedele (''Saint Fedele Square'' in English) is sited in Milan near Palazzo Marino (Milan's Municipal office), the Vittorio Emanuele II Gallery and Piazza della Scala in a pedestrian area in the centre of the city. The square is sited ...

, Milan File:P1080802Francesco Barzaghi,Vanarella,Milan1877.jpg, ''Vanarella'', Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Chéret de Nice (Alpes-Maritimes, France)

References

*Obtained some dates from Italian Wikipedia entry. 1839 births 1892 deaths Artists from Milan 19th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-sculptor-stub