Giovanni Antonio Emanueli

Giovanni Emanueli (* 1816 in Brescia, † December 18, 1894 in Milan ) was an Italian sculptor.

Life

Emanueli studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan, where the study was funded by his home town of Brescia. At the age of 14, he underwent a portrait bust of Emperor Franz II / I. attention. Other works followed, such as busts of Field Marshal Radetzky or Napoleon Bonaparte as well as excellent by the Brera Academy Group The Piper, which he exhibited in Vienna, Munich and Paris. However, his oeuvre consisted mainly of religious sculpture as grave monuments and church figures, which are usually located in Brescia or Milan.

Emanueli is the middle period of the renewal of Italian sculpture, as they attributed by the group of Tantardini a successor Lorenzo Bartolini is represented.

Works (excerpt)

  • Portrait bust of Field Marshal Radetzky, in 1854, Carrara marble, 56 × 29 × 88.5 cm, Museum of Military History, Vienna
  • Christ statue, Piazza Maggiore, Bergamo
  • Grave monument Bishop Carlo Domenico Ferrari, Cathedral of Brescia
  • 2 Statues, Cathedral of Milan
  • Figures of the high altar, the church of San Carlo, Milan
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