Carlo Marochetti
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Baron Carlo (Charles) Marochetti (1805-1867) was a sculptor, born in Turin, but raised in Paris as a French citizen. His first systematic instruction being given him by François Joseph Bosio and Gros in Paris. Here his statue of A Young Girl playing with a Dog won a medal in 1829. But between 1822 and 1830 he studied chiefly in Rome. From 1832 to 1848 he lived in France. His Fallen Angel was exhibited in 1831.
He made one panel for the Arc de Triomphe, but followed French king Louis-Philippe into exile in the United Kingdom after the fall of the July monarchy in the 1848. he lived in London for the greater part of his time till his death in 1867. Among his chief works were statues of Queen Victoria, Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde (erected 1867 in Waterloo Place), Richard the Lionheart which was displayed in the Great Exhibition and a bronze copy made in 1860 to be displayed in front of the House of Lords, where it remains in the 21st century. His statue of Robert Stephenson (installed 1871) still stands in the forecourt of Euston Station. He also created the marble recumbent effigies for the tomb of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in the Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore in Windsor Great Park, Emmanuel Philibert (1833, Turin), the tomb of Bellini (Père Lachaise), and the altar in the Church of the Madeleine. His style was vigorous and effective, but rather popular than artistic. Marochetti, who was created a baron by the King of Sardinia, was also a chevalier of the Legion of Honour.
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