Ettore Ferrari

Ettore Ferrari
Born 25 March 1845
Rome
Died 19 August 1929
Rome
Nationality Italian
Known for Sculpture

Ettore Ferrari (1848–1929) was an Italian sculptor.

Biography

Born in Rome to an artistic family (his father was also a painter), Ferrari was one of the members of the artistic rebirth in the secular state born after the Italian Unification. For a long time, he was a professor at the Accademia di San Luca, a deputy in the Italian Parliament and Grand Master of the Grande Oriente d'Italia,.[1] the main Masonic body in Italy.

In 1887, he created a statue of Ovid for the city of Constanţa, Romania (the ancient Tomis, where the Latin poet was exiled) and this statue has been duplicated in 1925 for Sulmona, Ovid's birthplace. Another important work is the bronze statue of Giuseppe Garibaldi, created in 1892, located in Pisa in the square with the same name.

Ferrari also sculpted the statue of Giordano Bruno in Campo de' Fiori square in Rome.

Among his students was Ermenegildo Luppi.

References

  1. Entry Giuseppe Mazzini in Volume III K - P, 10,000 FAMOUS FREEMASONS, By WILLIAM R. DENSLOW], 1957, Macoy Publishing & Masonic Supply Co., Inc.
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