Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. II, 1949 Art & architecture Artists

Astorri, Pier Enrico

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ASTORRI, PIER ENRICO. - Sculptor, b. in Paris on 23 July 1882, d. on 30 May 1926. He studied in Piacenza and in Milan. Having won the competition for the statue Piedmont on the altar of the Fatherland in 1917, he moved to Rome, where he executed the monument to Pius X in St. Peter's in the Vatican (1917), after a design by the architect Di Fausto. He is remembered for monuments to the Fallen and for the victory of the First World War.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), col. 228.

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Chicago

Lipinski, Angelo. “Astorri, pier enrico.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 228. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/astorri-pier-enrico.

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Lipinski, Angelo. “Astorri, pier enrico.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 228. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/astorri-pier-enrico.

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@incollection{ec2_astorri_pier_enrico,
  author    = {Lipinski, Angelo},
  title     = {Astorri, pier enrico},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {228},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/astorri-pier-enrico}
}

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