Marochetti

Marochetti, CARLO, BARON, an Italian sculptor of respectable talent, was born at Turin in 1805, and trained in Bosio's studio. Settling at Paris in 1827, he produced 'Young Girl sporting with a Dog,' 'Fallen Angel,' relief on the Arc d'Étoile, an altarpiece for the Madeleine, a memorial work for Bellini's tomb, a statue of Latour d'Anvergne, &c. On the outbreak of the revolution in 1848 he repaired to London. In Britain his best works were statues of Queen Victoria for Glasgow, of Richard Cœur-de-Lion, and of Lord Clyde in Waterloo Place, London. Mounted figures of Emmannel Philibert and Charles Albert of Savoy were chiselled by him for North Italy. He died at Passy, near Paris, on 29th December 1867.