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

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