Giovanni Chierici (1830–1917) was an Italian sculptor, active in Parma.
He was born in
Bigarello
Bigarello (Mantovano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about east of Milan and about east of Mantua. , it had a population of 1,850 and an area of .All demographics and other stati ...
in 1830. He became a
professor at the
Academy of Fine Arts of Parma. He completed the statue of Parmigianino located in the Piazzale della Steccata, outside of the church of
Santa Maria della Steccata. In 1889, he recomposed the remnants of the ''Fountain of Trianon'' (Fontana del Trianon), now found in an island on the lake of the
Palazzo Ducale di Colorno. He completed the monument to Cavaliere Albertelli for the church of
Santa Maria del Quartiere.
Atti del Consiglio Provinciale di Parma
(1874), page 126.
References
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1830 births
1917 deaths
19th-century Italian sculptors
Italian male sculptors
Artists from Parma
19th-century Italian male artists