Giuseppe Franchi (1731 – 1806) was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor. After studying Neoclassical art in Rome under

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, he taught at the

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from its beginning in 1776 where he worked with the architect

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. Among his Milan works are decorations for the Royal Palace, for the facade of the Teatro alla Scala and for

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's monument in the Church of San Bartolomeo. In 1782, he sculpted the mermaids and dolphins for Piermarini's fountain at Piazza Fontana. Among his pupils were Angelo Pizzi.*

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