Emilio Zocchi (March 5, 1835 – January 10, 1913) was an Italian sculptor. He is best known for his busts,

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and statuettes of classical and Renaissance individuals. Michel-Ange sculptant un masque de satyre - Emilio Zocchi

Zocchi was born in

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to parents of limited means. He studied with Girolamo Torrini, then with Aristodemo Costoli and subsequently with Giovanni Dupré at the Florentine Academy of Fine Arts. One of his first works was a ''Michelangelo as a young boy''. His ''Young Bacchus'' won an award at the Vienna Exposition of 1873. He completed the bas-relief of ''Constantine's vision of the Cross'' at the entrance to the church of

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. He completed monuments to ''Benjamin Franklin'' and ''Vittorio Emanuele II''.Rivista enciclopedica contemporanea
Editore Francesco Vallardi, Milan, (1913), entry by F, page 26. Emilio, in turn, was the teacher of his son

Arnoldo Zocchi Arnaldo Zocchi (20 September 1862 – 17 July 1940) was a noted Italian sculptor of the late 19th and early 20th century. He was born in Florence and died in Rome. He studied sculpture in Florence under his father Emilio Zocchi. Works Ita ...

and his cousin

Cesare Zocchi Cesare, the Italian version of the given name Caesar, may refer to: Given name * Cesare, Marquis of Beccaria (1738–1794), an Italian philosopher and politician * Cesare Airaghi (1840–1896), Italian colonel * Cesare Arzelà (1847–1912), It ...

. He died in Florence.

References

*Mackay, James, The Dictionary of Sculptors in Bronze, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk 1977 1835 births 1913 deaths Sculptors from Florence 20th-century Italian sculptors 20th-century Italian male artists 19th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-sculptor-stub