Giuseppe Chialli Explained

Giuseppe Chialli
Birth Date:1800
Birth Place:Città di Castello
Death Place:Rome
Nationality:Italian

Giuseppe Chialli (1800 in Città di Castello – 23 December 1839 in Rome) was an Italian sculptor.

He was the younger brother of the painter Vincenzo Chialli. He first studied in Rome under Antonio Canova, and moved in 1819 with Tommaso Minardi to Perugia. Afterwards, he was an assistant to Thorvaldsen. Among his works are a bas relief of the Judgement of Paris[1] and the statue of St Mark in the niche to the right of the entrance of the Church of Gran Madre di Dio, Turin.[2] [3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Pinacoteca di Città di Castello
  2. L'Italia, Milano, Touring Club Italiano; Roma, La Repubblica, 2005, Volume 12: Torino e Valle d'Aosta, p. 249.
  3. Giuseppe Chialli in Dizionario Biografico Treccani
  4. Derived from Italian Wikipedia entry