Pietro Magni (sculptor)

Pietro Magni (* 1817 in Milan, † January 9, 1877 ) was an Italian sculptor.

Pietro Magni studied for a short time at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan, and then entered the studio of the sculptor Abbondio Sangiorgio. Since 1837 also the work of the sculptor Lorenzo Bartolini great influence exerted on him. In 1849 he joined during a study trip to Rome the protagonist of the Risorgimento, Giuseppe Garibaldi, at.

1850 won his statue of David with a sling the price of the Accademia di Brera; it was also exhibited at the Paris World Exposition in 1855. The fusion of genre -like representation of everyday life with a romantic pathos made ​​his 1856 imagined Reading girl was his most successful work, of which he made several copies. 1855-1867 he created several statues for the Cathedral of Milan. In 1860 he was appointed to the chair of sculpture at the Accademia di Brera in Milan.

He has received several prestigious commissions, among others to sculptures for the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, to the design of the Leonardo da Vinci monument on the square in front of Milan's La Scala and an allegorical figure group for the opening of the Suez Canal in 1863. His allegorical and monumental late works, however, could no longer continue the artistic success of his early sculptures.

One of his students was the sculptor Enrico Butti.

Works (selection)

  • David with the sling, 1850 - Villa Belgiojoso Bonaparte / Museo dell'Ottocento, Milan
  • Socrates, 1853 - Villa Belgiojoso Bonaparte / Museo dell'Ottocento, Milan
  • La leggitrice ( Girl Reading ), 1856 - Villa Belgiojoso Bonaparte / Museo dell'Ottocento, Milan; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.
  • La Ninfa di Aurisina, Allegory on the construction of an aqueduct in Trieste, 1858 - Museo Revoltella, Trieste
  • Monument to Leonardo da Vinci, 1859-1872 - Piazza della Scala, Milan
  • St. John of the Cross, 1860 - Milan Cathedral
  • Il taglio dell'istmo di Suez, at the opening of the Suez Canal, 1863 - Museo Revoltella, Trieste
  • St. Justin, 1863 - Milan Cathedral
  • St. Eligius and the goldsmith, 1867 - Milan Cathedral
  • Statue of Sappho
  • Statue of Shakespeare - London
  • Dying Abel
  • Statue of Cavour and others - Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan
  • Statues of Aristides and the composer Gioacchino Rossini - Teatro alla Sacala, Milan
  • Family of Corporal - museum, Troyes
Italy Brera Academy Exposition Universelle (1855) Saint Eligius William Shakespeare Integrated Authority File
650127
de