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MAROCHETTI, CARLO, BARON (1805-1867)

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MAROCHETTI, CARLO, BARON (1805-1867)

MAROCHETTI, CARLO, See also:
BARON
BARON (1835-1895)
BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)
BARON (1805-1867) , See also:

ITALIAN

Italian sculptor, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

TURIN

Turin. Most of his See also:

early See also:

LIFE

life was spent in See also:

France, his first systematic instruction being given him by Bosio and See also:

GROS, ANTOINE JEAN, BARON (1771–1835)

Gros in See also:

Paris. Here his statue of " A See also:

Young Girl playing with a See also:

DOG

Dog " won a See also:

MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal in 1829. But between 1822 and 1830 he studied chiefly in See also:

Rome. From 1832 to 1848 he lived in France. His " Fallen See also:

ANGEL

Angel " was exhibited in 1831. In 1848 Marochetti removed to See also:

LONDON

London, and there he lived for the greater See also:

PART

part of his See also:

time till his See also:

DEATH

death in 1867. Among his See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

WORKS

works were statues of See also:

Queen See also:

Victoria, See also:

Lord See also:

Clyde (the See also:

OBELISK (Gr. b/3EXivrcos, diminutive of OEMs, a spit)

obelisk in See also:

WATERLOO

Waterloo See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

Place), See also:

Richard Coeur-de-See also:

Lion (See also:

Westminster), See also:

EMMANUEL, or IMMANUEL

Emmanuel Philibert (1833, Turin), the See also:

TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb of See also:

Bellini (Pere-la-See also:

CHAISE (the French for " chair," through a transference from a "sedan-chair" to a wheeled vehicle)

Chaise), and the See also:

ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar in the Madeleine. His See also:

style was vigorous and effective, but rather popular than See also:

ARTISTIC

artistic. Marochetti, who was created a baron by the See also:

king of See also:

SARDINIA (Gr. 'IXs'o"uva, from a fancied resemblance to a footprint in its shape, Ital. Sardegna)

Sardinia, was also a See also:

chevalier of the See also:

LEGION (Lat. legio)

Legion of See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

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