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Ercole Rosa

Ercole Rosa (1846 - 1893) was active/lived in Italy.  Ercole Rosa is known for Realist style figure sculpture, monuments, portrait busts.

Ercole Rosa (1846-1893) achieved remarkable fame during his brief life. Realising his talent at a young age, the artist's parents entered him into the Ospizio di san Michele, an institution devoted to the promotion of art.

Taking up sculpture at 21, he adopted what may be described as a rebellious and spontaneous nature to his work, seen in the twisted net in which the putto appears to have suddenly found himself.

Beginning in 1870, the artist exhibited at the Promotrice di Belle Arti in Turin, and his submission to the 1877 Rome exhibit, Suonatore Napoletano, won the silver medal.

Today Rosa's perhaps two best-known works are his Monument to the Brothers Cairoli in Rome and the equestrian Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II in the Piazza del Duomo, Milan. Rosa is also recognized for his portrait busts and genre works, such as Bacchante and Diana Cacciatrice. Today many of his sculptures are now conserved in t   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1048 characters.]  Artist bio

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