Torello Ambucci (or Ambuchi)
Born 1807 (Circa)
Active: 1833 - 1862
Country of birth and death: Italy
Sculptor, maker of architectural models
Born in Florence. He arrived in England on 21 June 1848 and two years later married Maria Isaacson. Ambucci worked and exhibited in London until the early 1860s. In 1833 Ambuchi was living at 58 rue Bourbon-Villeneuve, and exhibited a plaster statue entitled 'Narcisse assis sur un rocher et se regardant dans l'eau' in the 'Salon des Artistes Francais' (cat. no. probably 3232 but the typeface is hard to decipher). See 'Explication des Ouvrages de Peinture, Sculpture, Architecture, Gravure et Lithographie des Artists Vivans exposes au Musee Royal le premier Mars 1833' (See http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5818378p/f258.item.r=AMBUCCHI.zoom accessed 15 August 2017).
This record includes information supplied by Denis Mollison, and Pellegrin Yannick.
Works
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Giotto, as seen by Cimabue, Drawing a Sheep on the Ground
1851 (Presumed)
Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1851,
Locations
Address 14 Salisbury Place London England | View on map
1851 (Presumed) - 1855 (Circa)
Three other London addresses listed until 1860, including Howland Street, St. George's Square, and Pimlico.
Address 12 Duke Street St Marylebone London England | View on map
1851 (Circa)
Address 10 St George's Square Pimlico London England | View on map
1860 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The International Exhibition, London, 1862
'Versailles'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Fourth, 1852
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1851 - 1860
Exhibited 7 times (average of 1 work per show).
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1860 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
'Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
'Sculptor'
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2005
Class: HO107; Piece: 1488; Folio: 693; Page: 34; GSU roll: 87814-87815
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2005
RG09 piece 102 folio 26 page 51
England, Alien Arrivals, 1810-1811, 1826-1869
2010
Name: Ambuchi
Port of Arrival: Folkestone, England
Arrival Date: 21 Jun 1848
Port of Departure: Boulogne, France
Ship: Ps Clementine
Country of Origin/Native of: Italy
Class: HO 3; Piece: 48
International exhibition 1862, official catalogue, fine art department
1862
London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
2010
Name: Torello Ambuchi
Age: Full Age
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
Spouse Name: Maria Isaacson
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 03 Aug 1850
Parish: St Pancras Parish Church
County: Middlesex
Borough: Camden
Father Name: Bernardo Ambuchi
Spouse Father Name: Frederick Isaacson
Post Office London Directory, 1860 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1860
p. 1803
The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Fourth, 1852
1852
Citing this record
'Torello Ambucci (or Ambuchi)', 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=msib7_1250557352, accessed 24 Sep 2023]
