Pietro Lazzerini
Other names: Lazzarini
Born 5 January 1842
Died 1918
Active: 1875 - 1899
Country of birth and death: Italy
Sculptor
Pietro Lazzerini was a member of a family of sculptors that ran a marble workshop in Carrara over multiple generations (1670-1942). In about 1899 Pietro executed the marble rood screen behind the high altar in the Cathedral of St. Patrick, Armagh, County Armagh, which was designed by William Hague and continued by T.F. McNamara. His brother or cousin was Giuseppe Lazzerini, who exhibited three works at the International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures, Dublin, in 1865.
Locations
Address 25 Glebe Place Chelsea London England | View on map
1875
Location also given as Carrara
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1875
Exhibited once, three works
Sources
The Lustrous Trade: Material Culture and the History of Sculpture in England and Italy c1700-1830
2000
Luisa Passeggia, 'The Marble Trade: the Lazzerini workshop and the arts, crafts and entrepreneurs of Carrara in the early nineteenth century', pp. 156-73
Citing this record
'Pietro Lazzerini', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=ann_1280069639, accessed 28 Sep 2023]
