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Giuseppe Valenti was a Sicilian sculptor who was active in the late 19th century. Valenti was born in

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, he was the son of , who was also a sculptor and wood carver. His work includes a seated statue of

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(1885), a terracotta bust of

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Lintorn Simmons at the Casino Notabile (1887), and a marble statue of Queen Victoria in

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(1891). The latter is one of the artist's best-known works. He also sculpted funerary monuments and various works for Palermo churches. It has also been speculated that the sculpted stonework of the Casino Notabile's exterior might have been the work of Valenti.

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Year of birth missing Year of death missing 19th-century Italian sculptors Artists from Palermo Italian male sculptors 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-sculptor-stub