Baron (Pietro) Carlo Giovanni Battista Marochetti
Born 14 January 1805
Died 28 December 1867 (Circa)
Active: 1851 - 1867
Country of birth: Italy
Country of death: France
Sculptor
Born in Turin, Italy. Raised partly in France and partly in Italy. He spent time in Rome possibly in the studio of the Danish sculptor, Bertel Thorvaldsen. Also studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris under François-Joseph Bosio. Lived principally in France between the early 1830s and 1840s, but moved permamnently to London in 1848 following the abdication of Louis-Philippe. He died very suddenly in Passy, France (either on 28 or 29 December). The older of his two sons, Maurizio (Maurice) Marochetti, entered the Italian diplomatic service but also practised as a sculptor.
Wealth at death: £9,000 0s. 0d.
Probate date: 5 February 1868
Works
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Statue of Lord Clive of Plassey
1859 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at National Exhibition of Works of Art at Leeds, 1868
'Bust of Her Majesty the Queen'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Fourth, 1852
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Seventh, 1855
p.54
Exhibited at The Exhibition of Art-Industry in Dublin, 1853
listed as an exhibitor in text, p. vi.
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1851 - 1867
Exhibited 15 times, most often 3 works per year.
Exhibited at Dublin Exhibition of Arts, Industries and Manufactures (and Loan Museum of Works of Art), 1872
1872
Fine Arts, Sculpture.
p. 83, no. 90:' Marble Bust of the Hon. Mrs. Rowley'.
Loaned by the Hon. H. Rowley.
Owned by the artist and offered for sale at 15-15-0, in marble.
p. 84, no. 110:' His Eminence Cardinal Cullen'. Owned by the artist and offered for sale at 7-7-0. [presumed a cast as marble version of same subject on offer at 15-15-0].
Institutional and Business Connections
Elected RA Royal Academy of Arts
28 January 1861 - 18 June 1866
Elected ARA in 1861 and R.A. in 1866. See Popp and Valentine, 'Royal Academy of Arts Directory of Membership', (1996), p. 81.
Member of Institute of British Sculptors
1861 (Circa) - 1863
Member of council Royal Academy of Arts
1867
Served as a Member of the Council in 1867. See Royal Academy 'Annual Report', (1867), p. 42.
Visitor at Royal Academy Schools
1867
Listed as a visitor to the Life School in 1867. See Royal Academy 'Annual Report', (1867), p. 42.
Sources
Catalogue of the National Exhibition of Works of Art at Leeds 1868
1868
Cat. No. 630j, p. 205
Illustrated Catalogue of the Exhibition of Art Industry in Dublin, 1853.
1853
listed as an exhibitor in text, p. vi.
List of Members: Institute of British Sculptors (or Sculptor's Institute)
2008 (Circa)
Official Catalogue of the Dublin Exhibition of Arts, Industries and Manufactures and Loan Museum of Works of Art, 1872
1872
Fine Arts, Sculpture.
p. 83, no. 90:' Marble Bust of the Hon. Mrs. Rowley'.
Loaned by the Hon. H. Rowley.
Owned by the artist and offered for sale at 15-15-0, in marble.
p. 84, no. 110:' His Eminence Cardinal Cullen'. Owned by the artist and offered for sale at 7-7-0. [presumed a cast as marble version of same subject on offer at 15-15-0].
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2004
P. Ward-Jackson, ‘Marochetti, (Pietro) Carlo Giovanni Battista, Baron Marochetti in the nobility of Sardinia (1805–1867)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18085, accessed 4 Sept 2009]
Rules of the Institute of Sculptors
1861
p. iv
The Builder, Vol. 17, 2 July 1859
2 July 1859
p. 438
The Builder, Vol. XIV, 12 July 1856
12 July 1856
p. 381
The Builder, Vol. XV, 12 December 1857
12 December 1857
p. 726
The Builder, Vol. XV, 31 October 1857
31 October 1857
p. 628
The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Fourth, 1852
1852
The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Seventh, 1855
1855
p.54
Citing this record
'Baron (Pietro) Carlo Giovanni Battista Marochetti', 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=msib5_1206564902, accessed 10 Jun 2023]
