Giacomo Sozzi was a late-19th century Italian sculptor, active mainly in

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and Bergamo. Lovere monumento Italia unita

He was born in

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, province of

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. In 1872, he exhibited in Milan: Fanciullo al Bagno. In 1881, in the same city exhibited three stucco statues: ''Cammilla''; ''Young Bacchante''; and ''Springtime''. At the 1883 Fine Art Exposition in Rome, he exhibited a marble statue titled ''Night before exam''; and a bust in marble titled ''The Wife''. These two works were also exhibited in 1884 in Turin, alongside a stucco statue: ''Cippelli merli''. The latter was also exhibited in

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at the Mostra of 1880. He also sculpted the Monument of Liberty in Piazza Tredici martiri in

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. ‘‘Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.’’
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 490.

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