Cavalieri Giovanni Maria Benzoni
Born 28 August 1809
Died 28 April 1873
Active: 1855 - 1873
Country of birth and death: Italy
Sculptor
He was trained in Rome, where he later set up his own workshop and trained numerous students.
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures, Dublin, 1865
p. 102, no. 29. \'Statue of Diana\' heroic size - marble.
Offered for sale 450-0-0.
p. 103, no. 52. \'Maternal Love\' Group in marble.
Offered for sale 140-0-0; and no. 54. \'Kindness\' - Group in marble.
Offered for sale 160-0-0.
p. 104, no. 66. \'Mater Amabilis\' - bust in marble.
Offered for sale 60-0-0; and no. 69. 'The Infant Saviour' - marble.
Offered for sale, 60-0-0.
p. 106 no. 119. 'Mater Amabilis'.
Offered for sale 25-0-0.
p. 107, no. 133. \'Half-length, representing the Mater Dolorosa - Marble\'. Offered for sale 70-0-0; and no. 134. \'Hope in God\' - Marble Statuette. Offered for sale 130-0-0.
p. 108, no. 146. \'Bust of St. Aloysius\' - Marble.
Offered for sale 30-0-0; no. 149. \'Morning Prayer - marble statuette.
Offered for sale 80-0-0; no. 153. 'Regina Martyrum'; no. 157. \'St. Anna and the Virgin Mary\' - marble, half life-size. Offered for sale 120-0-0; and no. 160. \'Half-length representing the Immaculate Conception\' - marble.
Offered for sale 50-0-0.
p. 109, no. 164.' Bust of Cardinal Wiseman'. Offered for sale 80-0-0; and no. 166. \'Bust of His Holiness Pius IX\' - Marble. Offered for sale 70-0-0.
p. 110, no. 179.\'Bust of the Virgin\' - marble.
Offered for sale 40-0-0; and no. 181. \'Bust of the Redeemer\' - marble.
Offered for sale 40-0-0.
p. 114, no. 267. \'Rebecca, Veiled, Presented to her Bridegroom\' - Marble.
[Exhibited in] Upper Central Hall.
Offered for sale 80-0-0.
Exhibited at Dublin Exhibition of Arts, Industries and Manufactures (and Loan Museum of Works of Art), 1872
1872
Exhibited in the Fine Arts section, Sculpture:
p. 80, no. 19 'Insidious Love'; no. 24 'Cupid and Psyche'; and no. 27 'Winter'; and p.84, no. 112 'Rebecca'; no. 113 'Zephyrus and Flora'. All three works loaned by Sir Arthur E. Guinness, Bart.
Sources
Official Catalogue of Dublin International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures 1865
1865
pp. 102-4, pp. 106-10 and p. 114
Official Catalogue of the Dublin Exhibition of Arts, Industries and Manufactures and Loan Museum of Works of Art, 1872
1872
pp. 80 and 84
Citing this record
'Cavalieri Giovanni Maria Benzoni', 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=msib3_1215011246, accessed 31 Mar 2023]
