How to Pronounce Giuseppe Bernardi
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Mar 24, 1694 Pagnano, Veneto, Italy Died on 22 Feb 1773 (aged 78)
Italian sculptor
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About Giuseppe Bernardi
- Giuseppe Bernardi (24 March 1694 in Pagnano – 22 February 1773 in Venice), also called Torretto, was a prominent mid-18th-century Italian sculptor.
- He is also known as a carver of intaglios and as the first teacher of Neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova.
- His father was Sebastiano Bernardi whose works include the statues of the park of the Villa Manin di Passariano (Udine) and of the Prato della Valle in Padua.
- His mother, Cecilia Torretto, was sister to the sculptor Giuseppe Torretto and Bernardi took the nickname "il Torretto" as a child in honor of his uncle.
