Giovanni Strazza (1818–1875) was an Italian sculptor who was born in

Milan, Italy Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

. He studied at

Brera Academy The Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera (), also known as the or Brera Academy, is a state-run tertiary public academy of fine arts in Milan, Italy. It shares its history, and its main building, with the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan's main public mu ...

in Milan and then worked in

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

between 1840 and 1858. He returned to Milan where he taught at his alma mater from 1860 to 1875, passing the "Sculpture Chair" to

Giosuè Argenti Giosuè Argenti (February 7, 1819 in Viggiù, Province of Varese – November 29, 1901) was an Italian sculptor. Life He trained at the Accademia di Belle Arti of Milan, where he worked along with Abbondio Sangiorgio, Francesco Somaini, Bene ...

.Berresford, Sandra, ''Italian Memorial Sculpture 1820-1940: A Legacy of Love'', Frances Lincoln Limited, London, 2004 p 55

Work

* Strazza's best known work is '' The Veiled Virgin''. * A replica (2005) of Strazza's '' L'Audace Righetto'' stands on the Janiculum Hill in Roma; the original (1851) is in the Palazzo Litta in Milano *''Ishmael Abandoned in the Desert'', a replica of which from 1850 is exhibited at the Gallery of Modern Art in Milan.

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1818 births 1875 deaths Sculptors from the Austrian Empire Artists from Milan Academic staff of Brera Academy 19th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-sculptor-stub