Giovanni Maria Benzoni

Benzoni produced sculpture for the funeral monument to the Roman Catholic Italian Cardinal Angelo Mai. Benzoni also created the white marble image of Saint Anne and the child Blessed Virgin Mary which was granted a decree of pontifical coronation on 9 September 1877 after his death by Pope Pius IX, now enshrined within the Apt Cathedral of Saint Anne. Sculptures by Benzoni of the Veiled Rebecca can be found in the Salar Jung Museum (Hyderabad, India), High Museum of Art (Atlanta, Georgia) and the Berkshire Museum (Pittsfield, Massachusetts). Examples of his Flight from Pompeii can be found in Todmorden Town Hall, Yorkshire and the statuary pavilion at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, Victoria Australia. Examples of his Young Dionysus With a Nymph can be found at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston Texas.

The field of work recorded is art of sculpture. Places of work recorded in the authority are Rome. Works named in the authority record are Diana Hunting and The Italic Venus. Work by Giovanni Maria Benzoni is recorded in the collections of Galleria d'arte moderna di Milano, Salar Jung Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum.

• Name — Giovanni Maria Benzoni • Born — August 28, 1809 • Birthplace — Songavazzo • Died — 28 April 1873 • Place of death — Rome • Field — Sculpture • Movement — Neoclassicism

• Illustration — Child Virgin Mary and Saint Anne (Crowned by Pope Pius IX in 1877) • Illustration — Dante • Illustration — Diana • Illustration — Amor • Illustration — The Veiled Rebecca at the Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad, India

Giovanni Maria Benzoni is recorded as sculptor.