Pietro Rossi (sculptor)
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Pietro Rossi was an Italian sculptor who was active between 1856 and 1882. His reputation is overshadowed by that of his more famous Italian contemporary Giovanni Strazza (1818–1875). Little is known about Pietro Rossi's life other than that he participated in an exhibition in the Italian city of
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, north of
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, in 1856. Rossi's 1882 marble bust of a veiled lady in the
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is a prime example of the Italian nationalist art movement called ''
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''. The image of the veiled woman was intended to symbolize Italy just as
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symbolized England,
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symbolized Ireland, and Lady Liberty symbolized the United States.


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''Veiled Lady'' at the Gibbes Museum of Art
19th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors Year of death missing Year of birth missing 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-sculptor-stub