Giovanni Chierici (1830–1917)A 1917 death year is mentioned in several descriptions of his sculptures and monuments (e.g. of Gerolammo Magnani, Luigi Sanvitale, and , but could be copied from one original mistaken source. was an Italian sculptor, active in Parma.
He was born in Bigarello in 1830.Archivio Scultura. He became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts of Parma. He completed the statue of Parmigianino located in the Piazzale della Steccata, outside of the church of Santa Maria della Steccata.Effemeridi italiane, by Adolfo Mangini, page 298. In 1889, he recomposed the remnants of the Fountain of Trianon (Fontana del Trianon), now found in an island on the lake of the Palazzo Ducale di Colorno.Fontana del Trianon . He completed the monument to Cavaliere Albertelli for the church of Santa Maria del Quartiere.Atti del Consiglio Provinciale di Parma, (1874), page 126.
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