Giuseppe Bernardi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Giuseppe Bernardi

Italian sculptor

Date of Birth: 24-Mar-1694

Place of Birth: Pagnano, Veneto, Italy

Date of Death: 22-Feb-1773

Profession: sculptor

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Giuseppe Bernardi (24 March 1694 in Pagnano – 22 February 1773 in Venice), also called Torretto, was a prominent mid-18th-century Italian sculptor.
He is also known as a carver of intaglios and as the first teacher of Neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova.
His father was Sebastiano Bernardi whose works include the statues of the park of the Villa Manin di Passariano (Udine) and of the Prato della Valle in Padua.
His mother, Cecilia Torretto, was sister to the sculptor Giuseppe Torretto and Bernardi took the nickname "il Torretto" as a child in honor of his uncle.