Giovanni Chierici

Giovanni Chierici (active 19th-century) was an Italian sculptor, active in Parma.

Statue of Parmigianino.

He was born in Bigarello in 1830.[1] 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.[2] 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. [3] He completed the monument to Cavaliere Albertelli for the church of Santa Maria del Quartiere.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Archivio Scultura.
  2. ↑ Effemeridi italiane, by Adolfo Mangini, page 298.
  3. ↑ Fontana del Trianon.
  4. ↑ Atti del Consiglio Provinciale di Parma, (1874), page 126.
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