Camillo Pacetti (

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, 2 May 1758 -

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, 16 July 1826) was an Italian sculptor. He was the brother of Vincenzo Pacetti, another sculptor. A student of the

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, he later worked in various churches in Rome and Milan. In 1804, on

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's recommendation, he was offered the role of chair of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan, to succeed Giuseppe Franchi. Besides this teaching engagement, Pacetti accepted also public commissions, such as the statue of the New Law for the facade of the Duomo and reliefs for the

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at Milan (the arch planned by Luigi Cagnola and also featuring sculpture by Luigi Canonica). His subject matter ranged from portraits to mythological and allegorical scenes. He was engaged by

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in Rome from 1787/88 under the supervision of

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, to model six tablets illustrating the life of

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. A pen and wash drawing by Pacetti of Achilles on the back of Centaur hunting a Lion is in the Wedgwood Museum, Barlaston - it is copied from a similar image on a classical marble, the Luna Disc of c. 800-400 BC in the Capitoline Museum, substituting that work's female centaur for

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. He completed a ''Minerva'' for the Brera. Some of his notable students were Abbondio Sangiorgio and .

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18th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors 19th-century Italian sculptors 1758 births 1826 deaths Academic staff of Brera Academy 19th-century Italian male artists 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-sculptor-stub