Gioacchino Vitagliano (1669 – 27 April 1739) was a Sicilian Baroque sculptor. He was born and died in

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. He trained under

Giacomo Serpotta Giacomo Serpotta (10 March 1656 – 27 February 1732) was an Italian sculptor, active in a Rococo style and mainly working in stucco. Biography Serpotta was born and died in Palermo; and may have never left Sicily. His skill and facility with st ...

, and married Serpotta's daughter. He sculpted the

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in Palermo. He also created reliefs and sculptures for the

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and the Chapel of the Rosary in the church of Santa Cita.Nuove effemeridi Siciliane
Volume 9; 1880; page 76.

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1669 births 1739 deaths Italian Baroque sculptors Sicilian Baroque 17th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors 18th-century Italian sculptors Artists from Palermo 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-sculptor-stub