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Pietro Magni

Italian artist

Born on: October 21, 1817
Died on: January 20, 1877
Aged: 59 years 91 days (710 months)
Gender: Male
Nationality: Kingdom of italy
Birth Sign: Scorpio

 

Pietro Magni

Pietro Magni was an Italian sculptor. He is best known for his Girl Reading, first carved in 1856; today the original may be seen in Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan, while copies exist in numerous other museum collections, e.g. in Palácio Nacional da Ajuda, Lisbon.

Among Magni's other works are a public monument to Leonardo da Vinci on Piazza della Scala and several marble sculpture groups; he also executed statues for the Milan Cathedral in the 1860s.


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