FRANCESCO BARZAGHI | STREET URCHIN

Francesco Barzaghi was a key sculptor in the Scapigliatura movement in Milan. He was ambitious and prolific, contributing in as many international exhibitions as possible, always to great acclaim. Barzaghi studied at the Accademia di Brera before working on the project for the Duomo of Milan, where he was employed in carving saints. He is well-known for his numerous monuments such as his Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II in Lodi. Having built an international reputation, Barzaghi was given a post as professor at the Accademia di Brera in 1880 and continued to teach there until his death in 1892.

RELATED LITERATURE

A. Panzetta, Nuovo  Dizionario degli Scultori Italiani dell'Ottocento e del Primo Novecento, Turin, 2003, vol. I, p. 76; http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/francesco-barzaghi_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ [accessed 03 November 2019]