Giuseppe Pierotti or Pier Giuseppe PierottiPittura e scultura in Piemonte 1842-1891: Catalogo cronografico illustrato, by A. Stella, page 78. (1826–1884) was an Italian sculptor and painter. There is an Italian sculptor of the same name from Cuneo.
Biography Pierotti was born in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Province of Lucca. He was a pupil of Giuseppe Bezzuoli and Tommaso Gazzarini at the Academy of Florence. He initially completed paintings of sacred subjects, including a Madonna and Child and a Blessed Simone Carmelitano in 1849. His sculpture of a Wounded Gladiator was awarded the Canonica prize in 1855.Wounded Gladiator is part of the collection at the Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan. He also worked at the sculptural decoration of the Cathedral of Milan.Istituto Matteucci biography.
He then moved to Florence. In 1870 at Parma, he exhibited Un ritratto muliebre, a pastel work. At Milan, in 1872, exhibited Vase of Flowers with symbols of Florence and Portrait of the signora Marianna Grassi. In 1884 at Turin, he displayed St Louis praying in his Chapel, Portrait of a Man, Portrait of a Woman and a bronzed terracotta statuette, depicting Amore preso nella rete.Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti, by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 375-376.
Pierotti's marble statue of American Indian Attacked by a Boa Constrictor is found in the Irving Zucker Sculpture Garden of the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Canada.Art Gallery of Hamilton.
Partial works of art San Luigi in preghiera davanti all'altare, oil on board, 90 x 130 cm (1860s). Private collection, Garfagnana. Veduta di Firenze da Palazzo Pitti, oil on canvas, 120 × 80 cm (1870s). Private collection, Garfagnana. Cosimo Ridolfi con i figli, oil on canvas (1855). Held at Palazzo Medici Riccardi. Natura morta con gatto, oil on canvas, 50 x 80 cm. Private collection, Trentino. Fiori e Natura Morta, oil on canvas, 61 x 79 cm. Sold at auction in Bloomfield, NJ, US. Natura Morta, oil on canvas, 61 x 79 cm. Sold at auction in Bloomfield, NJ, US. Vista campagne Toscane (1872), oil on canvas, private collection, Garfagnana, Tuscany.
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