Tito Sarrocchi was an Italian

Italy

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 sculptor

Sculpture

Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...

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Biography

Sarrocchi was born in Siena

Siena

Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.The historic centre of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site. It is one of the nation's most visited tourist attractions, with over 163,000 international arrivals in 2008...

 and in 1841 moved to Florence

Florence

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

 where he was taught Fine Arts by Lorenzo Bartolini

Lorenzo Bartolini

Lorenzo Bartolini was an Italian sculptor who infused his neoclassicism with a strain of sentimental piety and naturalistic detail which led him furthermore in the future, while he drew inspiration from the sculpture of the Florentine Renaissance rather than the overpowering influence of Antonio...

. He later worked as the chief assistant to Giovanni Duprè

Giovanni Duprè

Giovanni Duprè was an Italian sculptor, of distant French stock long settled in Tuscany, who developed a reputation second only to his contemporary Lorenzo Bartolini.-Biography:...

. In 1852 he created his first independent work, The Bacchante before returning to Siena. On the recommendation of Duprè he was chosen in 1855 to complete the monument to Giuseppe Pianigiani in San Domenico which had been started by Enea Becheroni.

Sarrocchi worked for ten years with Giuseppe Partini to replicate the early 15th Century sculptures at Jacopo della Quercia

Jacopo della Quercia

Jacopo della Quercia was an Italian sculptor of the Italian Renaissance, a contemporary of Brunelleschi, Ghiberti and Donatello. He is considered a precursor of Michelangelo.-Biography:...

's Fonte Gaia. The piece was inaugurated in 1869 with the original, weather-damaged work being moved to local hospital turned museum Santa Maria della Scala

Santa Maria della Scala (Siena)

Santa Maria della Scala is a former hospital, now turned into a museum complex, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Located next to the city's cathedral, it is one of the most ancient European hospitals....

. He would go on to complete several other restoration projects, working on Giovanni Pisano

Giovanni Pisano

Giovanni Pisano was an Italian sculptor, painter and architect. Son of the famous sculptor Nicola Pisano, he received his training in the workshop of his father....

's sculptures in Pisa

Pisa

Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa...

 and again working with Partini on the restoration of Siena Cathedral. He created façades for Basilica of Santa Croce.

In 1880 Sarrocchi completed a monument to Sallustio Bandini at Palazzo Salimbeni

Palazzo Salimbeni

Palazzo Salimbeni is a historical building in Siena, central Italy, which currently houses the seat of the Monte dei Paschi di Siena bank.It was built in the 14th century, likely above pre-existing 12th-13th century structures...

, headquarters of Monte dei Paschi di Siena

Monte dei Paschi di Siena

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. is the oldest surviving bank in the world. Founded in 1472 by the Magistrate of the city state of Siena, Italy, as a mount of piety, it has been operating ever since. Today it consists of approximately 3,000 branches, 33,000 employees and 4.5 million...

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Tombs sculpted by Sarrocchi can be found at the Monumental Cemetery of Bonaria

Monumental Cemetery of Bonaria

The Monumental Cemetery of Bonaria is located in Cagliari, Sardinia.In use between 1829 and 1968, the cemetery originally occupied an area at the base of the hill of Bonaria, and over time expanded upwards. The main entrance is located in Piazza Cimitero, with a second entrance in Ravenna, at the...

. Sarrocchi's work was recognised in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

 when his First Prayer won a gold medal. San Giuseppe Hall in Santa Maria della Scala

Santa Maria della Scala

Santa Maria della Scala is a titular church in Rome, found in the Trastevere neighborhood.-History:The church was built to honor a miraculous icon of the Madonna. Tradition holds that the icon, when placed on the landing of a staircase of a neighboring house of a mother who prayed before it, had...

 has an exhibition of around two hundred of Sarrocchi's plaster of Paris models. He donated the pieces to his home city in 1894.

Teaching

Sarrocchi taught sculpture to Cesare Maccari

Cesare Maccari

Cesare Maccari was an Italian painter and sculptor, most famous for his 1888 painting Cicerone denuncia Catalina .-Biography:...

 and Giuseppe Cassioli

Giuseppe Cassioli

Giuseppe Cassioli was an Italian painter and sculptor most famous for his Summer Olympic Games medal design.-Biography:...

, designer of the Olympic Games

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

medals.

External links

• Tito Sarrocchi at A&A