Salvatore Albano (May 29, 1841 – October 13, 1893) was an Italian sculptor. He was born in

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in Calabria, southern Italy, to parents of limited means. He began in Calabria as a sculptor of wooden Presepi or

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s. Because of his talent, his townspeople gave him a stipend to study in

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. There he trained under a cavalier Sorbille, also from Calabria. After a year, he trained in the local Accademia under its director

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. In 1865, his native province continued his stipend of 60 lire per year for three years. He won a number of contests in his Naples. In 1867, he submitted his ''Resurrection of Lazarus'' and a ''Cain'' to an exposition in Rome. He moved to

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by 1869, and spent the remainder of his career there. ''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.''
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 12. As a young man, he completed a ''Conte Ugolino'' bought by Marchese Agostino Sergio. Among his other works are: *''Tears and Flowers'' (1864) *''Moses in Anger smashes the Tablets with the Commandments'' (1864, Capodimonte) *''Christ nell'Orto'' (1865) *'' Masaniello'' (1866, Accademia) *''Eve'' (1869, Florence) *''

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- bust'' (1869, Florence) *''Ariadne abandoned'' (1870) *''Il Genio di Michelangelo'' for Baron di Talleyrand. *''Venere Mendicante'' *''The Fallen Angels'' (1893)

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1839 births 1893 deaths People from the Province of Reggio Calabria Kingdom of the Two Sicilies people 19th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli alumni 19th-century Italian male artists {{Commons category, Salvatore Albano