Giovanni Battista Ballanti (1762–1835), also known as Giovan Battista Ballanti Graziani, was an Italian

Italy

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 sculptor working in the Neoclassic style.

He was born in Faenza

Faenza

Faenza is an Italian city and comune, in the province of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, situated 50 km southeast of Bologna.Faenza is noted for its manufacture of majolica ware glazed earthenware pottery, known from the name of the town as "faience"....

 and his father, wishing him to become an engraver, placed him with a painter named Giuseppe Boschi (and commonly called Carlonini or Graziani). Later he preferred sculpture.

Much of his work consists of statues of saints and religious subjects, working on churches and palazzi that were being built in Romagna

Romagna

Romagna is an Italian historical region that approximately corresponds to the south-eastern portion of present-day Emilia-Romagna. Traditionally, it is limited by the Apennines to the south-west, the Adriatic to the east, and the rivers Reno and Sillaro to the north and west...

. In Faenza, he worked with Felice Giani

Felice Giani

Felice Giani was an Italian painter of the Neoclassic style. His grand manner subjects often included Greco-Roman allusions or themes....

on a number of buildings including the Palazzo Milzetti. He worked both in stone and plaster.