Giovanni Scanzi


Giovanni Scanzi was an Italian sculptor. His early apprenticeship led to formal studies in Rome, followed by a career as a prolific artist and teacher. He was particularly active creating monuments for the Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno in Genoa, with many other works located in museums, churches and public venues in Genoa and elsewhere.

Biography

Giovanni Scanzi was born in Genoa in 1840. At the age of 12, he entered the workshop of sculptor Santo Varni, where he began dusting statues and gradually developed his skills. Varni was a professor at the Accademia Ligustica, and encouraged his protégé at the beginning of his studies. In 1863 Scanzi won the Durazzo Prize, which gave him the opportunity to go to Rome to continue his
studies. There he met Giulio Monteverde, also the winner of the Rome prize. From 1879 to 1892, Scanzi was a professor at the Accademia Ligustica., and Francesco Messina were among his students.
Scanzi's works can be found throughout Genoa, including public areas, the, the and other churches. The Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno contains about 50 monuments created by Scanzi, including the tombs of Carlo di G.B. Casella, Giacomo Carpaneto, Elisa Falcone and Giacomo Pastorino.
Giovanni Scanzi died in Genoa on 15 April 1915.

Major works

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Genoa

Accademia Ligustica

  • Busto di ragazza - Terracotta
  • Giacomo Borgonovo - Busto, gesso
  • Madonna delle Vigne - 2 bronzi. Studi per l'esemplare definitivo in argento inviato a Benedetto XV
  • Busto di donna - Terracotta

Albergo dei poveri

  • G. Polleri

Biblioteca Berio

  • Ritratto di bambina
  • L'orfana

Galleria dell'Arte Moderna, Musei di Nervi

  • Come son contenta - 1884

Giardini dell'Acquasola

  • Busto di Martin Piaggio - Viale 3 novembre

Ospedale di Pammattone

  • B. Centurione

Villetta di Negro

  • G.C. Abba

Già Circolo Filologico

  • G. Leopardi

Palazzo Tursi

  • Giuseppina Tollot

Stazione marittima

Chiesa dell'Immacolata

  • S. Giuseppe - Secondo altare destro
  • Abramo - Secondo altare destro
  • David - Secondo altare destro
  • S. Giorgio - Facciata
  • Vergine - Cupola

Chiesa di San Giacomo di Carignano

  • Statua del Sacro Cuore - Facciata, Bronzo dorato, 1912

Cimitero di Staglieno

  • Giovanni Battista Barbieri - 1875
  • Nicola Bertollo - 1915
  • Giacomo Borgonovo - 1897
  • Domenico Bozzano - 1875
  • Angela Maria Capurro, Giuseppina Grillo - 1876
  • Ada Carena - 1880
  • Giacomo Carpaneto - 1886
  • Carlo di G.B. Casella - 1877
  • Colomba Cassanello, vedova Bottaro - 1876
  • Edoardo Cipollina - 1907
  • Giuseppe Costa
  • Giuseppina Palau Costa - 1878
  • Luigi Croce - 1891
  • Adelaide Dapino
  • Della Torre - 1905
  • Cesare Dellepiane
  • Gerolamo Durazzo
  • Elisa Falcone - 1893
  • Luigi Faveto - 1888
  • Giuseppe Ferraro - 1869
  • Emanuele Ferrea - 1905
  • Famiglia Ghilino - 1890
  • Giovanni Giazotto - 1898
  • G.B. Granara - 1882
  • Giuseppina Grillo - 1874
  • Michele Lavagnino - 1905
  • Michele Marré - 1884
  • Grillo Vittoria Marré - 1870
  • G.B. Montano - 1873
  • Stanislao Morasso - 1906
  • Luigi Oviglio - 1903
  • Luigi Parodi - 1914
  • Giacomo Pastorino - 1896
  • Agostino e Maria Pavese - 1866
  • Carlo Peri - 1900, Boschetto irregolare
  • Ester Piaggio - 1885
  • Tommaso Piccardo - 1904
  • Bo Pasquale Podestà - 1875
  • Alvigini Emilia Romanengo - 1900
  • Scanzi - 1897
  • Giuseppe Sebastiano - 1908
  • G.B. Semino - 1878
  • Antonio Villa - 1905
  • Gianbattista Villa - 1903
  • Wuy Calderoni

Savona

Zinola

  • Viglienzoni Angelo - 1911

Perugia

  • Cesaroni