Emilio_Zocchi

Emilio Zocchi

Emilio Zocchi

Italian sculptor


Emilio Zocchi (March 5, 1835 – January 10, 1913) was an Italian sculptor. He is best known for his busts, bas-reliefs and statuettes of classical and Renaissance individuals.

Young Michelangelo
Monument to Vittorio Emmanuele in Parco delle Cascine
Vision of Constantine
Emilio Zocchi, Portrait by Raffaello Sorbi

Zocchi was born in Florence to parents of limited means. He studied with Girolamo Torrini, then with Aristodemo Costoli and subsequently with Giovanni Dupré at the Florentine Academy of Fine Arts. One of his first works was a Michelangelo as a young boy. His Young Bacchus won an award at the Vienna Exposition of 1873. He completed the bas-relief of Constantine's vision of the Cross at the entrance to the church of Santa Croce, Florence. He completed monuments to Benjamin Franklin and Vittorio Emanuele II.[1]

Emilio, in turn, was the teacher of his son Arnoldo Zocchi and his cousin Cesare Zocchi. He died in Florence.


References

  1. Rivista enciclopedica contemporanea, Editore Francesco Vallardi, Milan, (1913), entry by F, page 26.
  • Mackay, James, The Dictionary of Sculptors in Bronze, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk 1977



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