Pietro Magni (October 21, 1817 - January 20, 1877) was an Italian sculptor. Born in

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, he studied at that city's

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before moving to the

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. Later in his career he became influenced by Tuscan sculptor

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, whose work he first encountered in 1837. He traveled to study in Rome, joining

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in 1849. He is best known for his ''Girl Reading'', first carved in 1856; today the original may be seen in

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, while copies exist in numerous other museum collections, e.g. in Palácio Nacional da Ajuda, Lisbon. Among Magni's other works are a public monument to

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and several marble sculpture groups; he also executed statues for the

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in the 1860s. Magni died in Milan in 1877.

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Pietro Magni at Answers.com
* http://www.palacioajuda.pt/pt-PT/coleccoes/escultura/ContentDetail.aspx?id=216 *Julius Bryant, 'Bergonzoli's Amor degli angeli: the Victorian taste for contemporary Latin Sculpture', Apollo, CLVI (2002): 16–21. 1817 births 1877 deaths Brera Academy alumni 19th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors Artists from Milan Brera Academy faculty 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-sculptor-stub

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