Giulio Monteverde

Giulio Monteverde (8 October 1837–3 October 1917) was an Italian naturalist sculptor.

Biography

Principal works

* "Bambini che giocano con il gatto" ("Children playing with a cat"), (1867)
* "Monument to Raffaele Pratolongo", (1868) – Genoa, Staglieno cemetery
* "Colombo giovinetto" ("The boy Columbus") (1870)
* "Genio di Franklin" (Franklin’s genius") (1871)
* "Jenner colto nell'atto di inoculare il vaccino del vaiolo al proprio figlio" ("Jenner caught in the act of vaccinating his own son against smallpox") (1873) – Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna
* "Monument to Giuseppe Mazzini" (1879) – Buenos Aires, Argentina
* "Cristo morto" ("Christ dead') (1880) – Buenos Aires, Recoleta Cemetery, Argentina
* "Monument to Francesco Oneto" (1882) – Genoa, Staglieno cemetery
* "Tomba Celle" ("Cell tomb") (1893) – Genoa, Staglieno cemetery
* "Idealità e materialismo" ("Idealism and materialism") (1911) – Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna
* "Il pensiero" ("The thought") – Rome, Vittoriano

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* The corresponding article in the Italian Wikipedia as it stood on 6 August,2006
* [http://www.acquiterme.it/liceoparodi/html/giuliom.htm Giulio Monteverde] it icon

External links

* [http://www.giuliomonteverde.it The "gipsoteca" (gallery of plaster casts) of Giulio Monteverde in Bistagno] it icon
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