Giuseppe Valenti Explained

Giuseppe Valenti was a Sicilian sculptor who was active in the late 19th century.

Valenti was born in Palermo, he was the son of, who was also a sculptor and wood carver.[1] His work includes a seated statue of Saint Publius at St Paul's Cathedral in Mdina, Malta (1885), a terracotta bust of Governor Lintorn Simmons at the Casino Notabile (1887),[2] and a marble statue of Queen Victoria in Valletta (1891).[3] The latter is one of the artist's best-known works.[1] He also sculpted funerary monuments and various works for Palermo churches.[1]

It has also been speculated that the sculpted stonework of the Casino Notabile's exterior might have been the work of Valenti.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Valenti Salvatore . Archivio Biografico Comunale – Comune di Palermo . https://web.archive.org/web/20220228212346/https://www.comune.palermo.it/archivio-biografico-consultazione.php?id=432 . 28 February 2022 . Italian . 28 February 2022 . live .
  2. Book: Camilleri . Anton . Monumenti u Busti fil-Gżejjer Maltin . 2019 . Book Distributors Ltd . 9789995799977 . 208 . Maltese.
  3. News: Cini . George . Queen gets good scrub in Valletta . . 30 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200616131224/https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/queen-gets-good-scrub-in-valletta.357385 . 16 June 2020.
  4. Gauci. Matthew. New light on Webster Paulson and his architectural idiosyncrasies. Proceedings of History Week. 2009. 137–149. https://web.archive.org/web/20170729222529/http://melitensiawth.com/incoming/Index/Proceedings%20of%20History%20Week/PHW2009/09s.pdf. 29 July 2017.

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