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Antonio Giovanni Lanzirotti

Antonio Giovanni Lanzirotti (1839-1921)

Antonio Giovanni Lanzirotti was born in Palermo on the island of Sicily, Italy. After completing his studies he travelled to Paris, France to work under Joseph Michel Ange Pollet (1814–1870) an established Italian sculptor. His first ever works was named The Education of Bacchus and Lanzirotti exhibited it at the 1855 World Exposition at Paris. Several years later in 1863 he travelled to Turin, Northwest Italy where King Vittorio Emanuele II commissioned statues of the Conte Verde and Duke Vittorio Amedeo I. He sends to Paris, a statue La Pensieroso, now found in London and La Schiava which sold to the museum of Nice. Lanzirotti was known for his support for Sicilian Independence, and militated under General Ignazio Ribotti in the first grenadiers of Piedmont.

Front of the Italian Bronze Girl Antonio Lanzirotti

Italian Bronze Girl and Puppy by Antonio Lanzirotti sold by Jacksons Antique

In 1860 he joined the movement of Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi an Italian general and patriot. He was made prisoner at Capo Corso, he was imprisoned for two months at Gaeta, Lazio, Italy before returning to Paris. There he completed Amore Punito, La Danza, the Mausoleum of Count Tyzhieviez, and a bather which he exhibited at the Salon. He also completed many busts and portraits of multiple high profile individuals. Lanzirotti was named to many Academies and was awarded the Cross of Knights of Saints Maurizio and Lazzaro. He was also inducted into the Order of the Crown of Italy and awarded the Order of Isabel the Catholic.