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Francesco Maria Schiaffino (1688 – 3 January 1763) was an Italian sculptor of the Rococo or late-

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, mainly active in his native city of Genoa. Born into a family of sculptors, including his older brother

Bernardo Schiaffino Bernardo Schiaffino (1678 – 6 May 1725) was an Italian sculptor of the Baroque period, active mainly in his natal city of Genoa. He was one of two sculptors in his family, along with his younger brother Francesco Maria Schiaffino. He trained w ...

. In 1721–24, he apprenticed in the Roman studio of Camillo Rusconi. Returning to Genoa, he executed such works as ''St Dominic'' for the Teatro Carlo Felice, and ''Pluto and Proserpine'' sculpted for the Palazzo Reale. In 1738 he designed the theatrical funeral monument to

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for the church of Santissima Annunziata di Portoria, Genoa. In 1739, he also designed wax models of eight apostles and four doctors of the church (modelled after the apostle statues in the niches of San Giovanni in Laterano by Rusconi and others; these were used by Diego Francesco Carlone, to execute in stucco for the church of

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. He had statues sent to the towns of Sestri, Camogli, and

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Index of works
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at Web Gallery of Art. 1688 births 1763 deaths 17th-century Genoese people 18th-century Genoese people 18th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors Italian Baroque sculptors Rococo sculptors Artists from Genoa 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub