BARZAGHI, FRANCESCO

BARZAGHI, FRANCESCO. - Sculptor, b. in Milan in 1839, d. in 1892. Trained in the school of V. VELÍ, he expressed himself with elegant realism. His activity (especially after the success obtained at the Paris Exposition of 1872) was very intense. His monumental works are the statues of Napoleon III, of Manzoni and of Verdi in Milan. For the Cathedral he sculpted the statues of Sts. Wenceslaus and Adelaide.

BIBL.: sources
C. Boito, Rassegna artistica, in Nuova Antologia, 18 (1871), p. 406 ff.; A. De Gubernatis, s. v., in Dizionario degli artisti italiani viventi, p. 39; E. Vergh. s. v., in Thieme-Becker, II, p. 389; V. COLOMBA, Le più belle opere esposte alla mostra di Brera dal 1889 al 1910, Milan 1911. Elsa Gerlini

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By Elsa Gerlini

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), coll. 937–938.

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More by Elsa Gerlini: Bartolomeo di Giovanni · Barthel, Melchior · Baronzio, Giovanni · Baroncelli, Niccolò · Barocci, Ambrogio, known as Ambrogio of Milan

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Gerlini, Elsa. “Barzaghi, francesco.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, coll. 937–938. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/barzaghi-francesco.

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Gerlini, Elsa. “Barzaghi, francesco.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 937–938. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/barzaghi-francesco.

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@incollection{ec2_barzaghi_francesco,
  author    = {Gerlini, Elsa},
  title     = {Barzaghi, francesco},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {937--938},
  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/barzaghi-francesco}
}

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