Giuseppe Piamontini (1664 - 1742) was an

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

sculptor, born and active in

Florence Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025. Florence ...

. He initially trained with Giovanni Battista Foggini, but then spent five years working with

Ercole Ferrata Ercole Ferrata (1610 – 10 July 1686) was an Italian sculptor of the Roman Baroque. Biography A native of Pellio Inferiore, near Como, Ferrata initially apprenticed with Alessandro Algardi, and became one of his prime assistants. When hi ...

.Notizie de' professori del disegno
by Filippo Baldinucci, page 175-176.

Works

File:Giuseppe Piamontini - Milo of Crotona - Walters 54680.jpg, ''Milo of Cortona'',

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File:Mafra-Lucas.JPG, ''Saint Luke'', Basilica

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, Portugal File:Busto di Cleopatra di Giuseppe Piamontini,1690, (1).JPG, ''Cleopatra'', Villa Medicea di Cerreto Guidi, Italy

References

1664 births 1742 deaths Sculptors from Florence 17th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors 18th-century Italian sculptors 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-sculptor-stub