Giovanni Chierici

Giovanni Chierici (1830–1917)[1] was an Italian sculptor, active in Parma.

Statue of Parmigianino.

He was born in Bigarello in 1830.[2] He became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts of Parma. He completed the statue of Parmigianino located in the Piazzale della Steccata, outside of the church of Santa Maria della Steccata.[3] In 1889, he recomposed the remnants of the Fountain of Trianon (Fontana del Trianon), now found in an island on the lake of the Palazzo Ducale di Colorno.[4] He completed the monument to Cavaliere Albertelli for the church of Santa Maria del Quartiere.[5]

References

  1. ↑ A 1917 death year is mentioned in several descriptions of his sculptures and monuments (e.g. of Gerolammo Magnani, Luigi Sanvitale, and Francesco Mazzola[link removed], but could be copied from one original mistaken source.
  2. ↑ Archivio Scultura.
  3. ↑ Effemeridi italiane, by Adolfo Mangini, page 298.
  4. ↑ Fontana del Trianon Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Atti del Consiglio Provinciale di Parma, (1874), page 126.
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