Antonio Allegretti
Antonio Allegretti (1840–1918) was an Italian sculptor.
He was born in
Cuneo,
Piedmont, and died in
Carrara, Italy. He trained in
Genoa under
Santo Varni. His submission to a contest in Genoa of the statue of ''Cain'', awarded him a stipend and a Gold medal from the Accademia Linguistica, and he moved to Florence. There he made a portrait of Marchese Ginno Capponi. From there he moved to Rome, where he became professor of sculpture at the Royal Institute of Fine Arts in Rome.
In Rome he completed a statue of Margherita del Fausto, exhibited at the International Exposition of Paris, where it was lauded, reproduced, and sold. His ''Eve after the Sin'' was purchased by Rome municipality, and is exhibited in the
Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna.
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