Nicolás Salzillo (born Nicola Salzillo;

Santa Maria Capua Vetere Santa Maria Capua Vetere ( nap, Santa Maria 'e Capua) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Caserta, part of the region of Campania (southern Italy). Though it is not connected with the ''Civitas Capuana'', the town is a medieval place and i ...

, July 13, 1672 -

Murcia Murcia (, , ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, the capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the seventh largest city in the country. It has a population of 460,349 inhabitants in 2021 (about one ...

, October 6, 1727) was an Italian sculptor who from 1699, aged 27, was active in

, Spain. He worked mostly in life-size painted wooden religious sculpture. His son,

Francisco Salzillo Francisco Salzillo y Alcaraz (12 May 1707 – 2 March 1783Malgares Guerrero, José Antonio. XXII Jornadas de Patrimonio Cultural de la Región de Murcia (Spanish). 2011, p. 418. ) was a Spanish sculptor. He is the most representative Spanish ...

, was an even more prominent baroque wood sculptor. He was born in

, Italy and died in Murcia.Region de Murcia
Tourism office.

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1622 births 1727 deaths People from Murcia Spanish male sculptors Spanish Baroque sculptors Spanish people of Italian descent Italian Baroque sculptors {{Italy-sculptor-stub