Alessandro Puttinati

Alessandro Puttinati (also Putinati ; born January 26, 1801 in Verona , † July 1, 1872 in Milan ) was an Italian sculptor.

Life

The son of the medalist and sculptor Francesco Puttinati studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera  in Milan and then with Bertel Thorvaldsen  in Rome . From 1824 to 1832 he worked for the Milan Cathedral and created seven statues.

Puttinati created religious and secular statues, monuments as well as desk and fireplace figurines of famous contemporaries. He showed his work in numerous exhibitions, including the exhibition of the Austrian Art Association in Vienna in 1863.

Works

Paolo e Francesca (1863)

• seven statues for the Milan Cathedral, 1824–1831
• Marble statues of hll. Ambrose and Karl Borromeo, San Simpliciano, Milan, 1841
• Cupid on the Nautilus , 1857
• The Contemplation , marble statue, 1858
• Sadness , marble statue, 1858
• The love of angels , marble group after the poem by Thomas Moore , 1858
• Monument to Carlo Porta in the Giardini Pubblici, Milan, 1862 (destroyed)
• Paolo e Francesca , Galleria d'Arte Moderna , Milan, 1863
• Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi in Luino , 1867

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Puttinati, Alexander . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 24th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1872, p. 112 ( digital copy ).
• Paolo Arrigoni: Puttinati, Alessandro . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 27 : Piermaria – Ramsdell . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1933, p. 471-472 .
• Ch.Rainer :  Putinati (Puttinati), Alessandro. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 347.

Web links

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