Francesco Barzaghi (10 February 1839–21 August 1892) was an Italian sculptor.

Biography

Born in

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, he had his initial training in the studios of Antonio Tantardini and Alessandro Puttinati. He enrolled in the Accademia di Brera. Among his colleagues was Vincenzo Vela. The sculptor Enrico Cassi was one of his pupils. Barzaghi completed a number of monuments, including the bronze equestrian statued dedicated to

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, first unveiled in 1881 at the Exposition of Milan. He also made monuments to Luciano Manara and Garibaldi (1888). He made many marble female figures, including: ''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.''
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 39. *''La Frine denudata'' *''La Mosca cieca'' *''Silvia che si specchia'' (Paris Exposition 1878) *''Moses saved from the Nile'' (Paris Exposition 1878) *''L' innocenza'' (won a prize in Turin 1881) *''Psiche'' *''La Vanerella'' 8732 - Milano - Francesco Barzaghi - Monumento a Francesco Hayez - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto - 14-Apr-2007.jpg, Monument to Francesco Hayez, Milan IMG 3963 - Milano - Piazzetta Brera - Monumento ad Hayez (1890) - Foto di Giovanni Dall'Orto - 19 jan 2007.jpg, Detail (Hayez Monument) File:3632 - Milano - Francesco Barzaghi, Monumento a Luciano Manara - Foto Giovanni Dall'orto 23-6-2007.jpg, Monument to Luciano Manara (Milan) File:9914 - Venezia - Francesco Barzaghi (1839-1892) - Monumento a Tommaseo -1882- - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto, 12-Aug-2007.jpg, Monument to

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(Venice) File:7004 - Milano - Monumento al Manzoni in p.zza San Fedele - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto 8-Mar-2007.jpg, Monument to

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Piazza San Fedele Piazza San Fedele (''Saint Fedele Square'' in English) is sited in Milan near Palazzo Marino (Milan's Municipal office), the Vittorio Emanuele II Gallery and Piazza della Scala in a pedestrian area in the centre of the city. The square is site ...

, Milan File:P1080802Francesco Barzaghi,Vanarella,Milan1877.jpg, ''Vanarella'', Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Chéret de Nice (Alpes-Maritimes, France)

References

*Obtained some dates from Italian Wikipedia entry. 1839 births 1892 deaths Artists from Milan 19th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-sculptor-stub