Angelo Zanelli
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Angelo Zanelli was an Italian sculptor.

He was born at San Felice del Benaco
San Felice del Benaco
San Felice del Benaco is a comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, northern Italy. The name derives most likely from the Latin sinux felix, meaning "pleasant harbour"....

. In 1904 he moved to Rome, where he met Felice Carena
Felice Carena
Felice Carena was an Italian painter.Born at Cumiana, he studied in the Turin's Art Academy; here he frequented Symbolist poets such as Arturo Graf and Giovanni Cena. In 1906 he moved to Rome and in 1912 he exposed his works at the Biennale di Venezia...

. He won the contract for the realization of sculptures in the large Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II in the same city, to which he worked until 1925. They include the tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the statue of Goddess Rome.

He usually worked for public commissions, also abroad.

Selected works

  • Sculptures of the Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II (1925), Rome
  • Monument to the Victims of World War I, Imola
    Imola
    thumb|250px|The Cathedral of Imola.Imola is a town and comune in the province of Bologna, located on the Santerno river, in the Emilia-Romagna region of north-central Italy...

     (1928)
  • "Statue of the Republic" (1929), El Capitolio
    El Capitolio
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    , Havana
    Havana
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    , Cuba
    Cuba
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    .
  • "El Trabajo" (1929), El Capitolio, Havana, Cuba.
  • "La Virtud Tutelar" (1929), El Capitolio, Havana, Cuba.
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