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BARON CARLO MAROCHETTI (1805-1867)

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 747 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BARON CARLO See also:MAROCHETTI (1805-1867)  , See also:Italian sculptor, was See also:born at See also:Turin . Most of his See also:early See also:life was spent in See also:France, his first systematic instruction being given him by Bosio and See also:Gros in See also:Paris . Here his statue of " A See also:Young Girl playing with a See also:Dog " won a See also:medal in 1829 . But between 1822 and 1830 he studied chiefly in See also:Rome . From 1832 to 1848 he lived in France . His " Fallen See also:Angel " was exhibited in 1831 . In 1848 See also:Marochetti removed to See also:London, and there he lived for the greater See also:part of his See also:time till his See also:death in 1867 . Among his See also:chief See also:works were statues of See also:Queen See also:Victoria, See also:Lord See also:Clyde (the See also:obelisk in See also:Waterloo See also:Place), See also:Richard Coeur-de-See also:Lion (See also:Westminster), See also:Emmanuel Philibert (1833, Turin), the See also:tomb of See also:Bellini (Pere-la-See also:Chaise), and the See also:altar in the Madeleine . His See also:style was vigorous and effective, but rather popular than See also:artistic . Marochetti, who was created a See also:baron by the See also:king of See also:Sardinia, was also a See also:chevalier of the See also:Legion of See also:Honour .

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