Giuseppe Antonio Sorbilli (Zammarò. a frazione of

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, in what is now the Province of Vibo Valentia,

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, 1824–1890) was an Italian sculptor.

Early life

By late childhood he was apprenticed to a master of calligraphy, in Munteleone di Calabria. The prince Giardinelli, intendent of that province, helped patronize him, but at the age of 17 years, his father sent him to Naples to work with the painter

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Career

Soon after, he entered the studio of Francesco Citarelli, but unhappy, he went to study with

Gennaro Calì Gennaro Calì (–1877) was an Italian sculptor. Biography He was born and died in Naples. He was born in a family of artists. His brother Andrea was also a sculptor. He studied initially at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Naples, then moved to ...

. The provincial government granted him a stipend for six years. After these six, through a contest in Rome, he won another stipend, but the events of 1848 in Rome, lost him his prize. Sorbilli fought with the Roman Republic. He then moved to Naples. Among his works in Naples were a ''Christ'' and a ''San Tommaso'', which won a gold medal at a local exhibition. He was also awarded for his statue titled ''Science of Art'' place in the Technical Institute of Naples. Among his works are ''Saints Matthew and Mark'' for the crossing of the Cathedral of

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; bas-reliefs depicting the ''Marriage of the Virgin'' and the ''Visitation of the Virgin'' for the cathedral of Capua; the ''Prayer and the Silence''; ''Angel of Peace''; ''A crying Genius''. The statue of Cimarosa in the vestibule of the

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, for which he was named honorary professor at the Neapolitan Academy. His bas-relief of ''St Peter freed by Angel'' is found at the Royal Institute of Fine Arts of Naples.Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 488.

References

1824 births 1890 deaths People from the Province of Vibo Valentia Kingdom of the Two Sicilies people 19th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-sculptor-stub