Carlo Marochetti, Sculptor

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About Carlo Marochetti, Sculptor

A group for sculpture by Carlo (Charles) Marochetti (the surname sometimes appears as Marocchetti, although this does not seem to be the family's spelling). It is difficult to believe that the same sculptor could have worked on such iconic structures as the lions of Trafalgar Square in London, the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, and the triumphal equestrian statues in Turin.

Baron Carlo Marochetti of Vaux (1805-1867) was born in Turin, Italy, but later the family moved to Paris, France. He studied under Baron François Bosio, and exhibited at the Salon of 1827. For more information on his early career, see Biographical sketch. Marochetti fled to Britain in 1848, and it is in Britain that much of his subsequent work is to be found, The sculptors who studied under him include John Mossman (1817-90) and his brother William Mossman Junior (1824-84) from Glasgow.

The works by Marochetti so far identified are -

1831 Archbishop Pallavicino Mossi, Torino, Italia.
1833 Emanuele Filiberto (bronze equestrian statue), Torino, Italia.
1833-34 Bataille de Jemmapes (carved marble panel), Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France.
1833-37 The Assumption of the Magdalene (marble statue), La Madeleine, Paris, France.
1838 Bambina che dorme [sleeping infant] (marble sculpture), Torino, Italia.
1840 Theophile Malo Correr, La Tour d'Auvergne (bronze statue), Place du Champ de Bataille, Carhaix, Finistere, France
1843 Claude Louis Berthollet (statue) Annecy, France.
1844 Ferdinand, Duc d’Orléans, (bronze equestrian statue), Château d’Eu, Seine-Maritime, France. (also Verseilles?)
1844 Duke of Wellington (bronze equestrian statue), Glasgow, Scotland. (This work dates from before Marochetti's move to Britain.)
1849 Prince Albert, Queen Victoria (marble bust), Royal Collection, England.
1850 Sappho
1851 Lady Constance Gower (bust)
1853 Granville Gower Loch (monument), St Paul's Cathedral, London, England.
1854 Young Queen Victoria (bronze equestrian statue), Glasgow, Scotland.
1854-56 Princess Elizabeth 1650 (marble tomb), St Thomas Church, Newport, Isle of Wight, England.
1856 James Oswald (bronze statue), Glasgow, Scotland.
1856 Earl Brownlow (monument), Belton Church, Lincolnshire, England.
1857 Duchess of Nemours (marble), Royal Collection, England.
1858 Sir James Stephen (marble bust),National Portrait Gallery, London, England.
1858 Lord John Russell (marble bust), London, England.
c.1858 Lady Margaret Leveson Gower (tomb), Castle Ashby Church, Northampton, England.
1860-65 Major General Sir Arthur Wellesley Torrens (memorial), St Paul's Cathedral, London, England.
1860 Richard, Coeur de Lion (bronze equestrian statue), Westminster, London, England.
1861 Carlo Alberto (bronze equestrian statue group) ,Torino, Italia.
1861-74 Isambard Kingdom Brunel (bronze statue), Westminster, London, England.
1862 Prince Alfred with his Shetland pony (Minton ceramic).
1863 Baron Herbert of Lea (bronze statue), Salisbury, England.
1864 Gioacchino Rossini (bronze, seated statue), Pesaro, Italia.
1865 Stapleton Cotton, Viscount Cumbermere (bronze equestrian statue), Chester Castle, England.
1866-67 Plinth panels (bronze) plinth of Richard Coeur de Lion statue, Westminster, London, England.
1866 Prince Albert (bronze equestrian statue), Glasgow, Scotland. Also, copy in Windsor Great Park, England.
1866 Joseph Locke, M.P. (bronze statue), Barnsley, England.
1867 Lions in Trafalgar square (bronze casting), Westminster, London, England.
1867 Sir Colin Campbell, 1st Lord Clyde (bronze statue), Westminster, London, England.
1868 Siege of Corfe (cast), Dorchester, Devon.
1871 Robert Stephenson (bronze statue), Euston, London, England.
Duke of Wellington (bronze statue), Woodhouse Moor, Leeds, England.
Lord Clive (bronze statue), Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.
Jonas Webb (bronze statue), High Street, Babraham Cambridgeshire, England.
Sir Edwin Landseer (marble bust), London, England.
Emanuele I, Carlo Felice, Vittorio Emanuele II, Duke Ferdinand of Genoa (marble busts), Castello di Racconigi, Piemonte, Italia.
St Vincent de Paul (statue), Charity Hospital, Paris, France.
Rebel angel? Torino, Italia.
Prince Albert (bronze seated statue), Aberdeen, Scotland.
Angel (marble), Kanpur (Cawnpore) Memorial Church, India.
Sir Mark Cubbon (bronze equestrian statue), Bangalore, India.
Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bart. (bronze statue), Shire Hall, Hereford, England.
William Makepeace Thackerey (bust), Westminster Abbey, London, England.
Angel (stone), Gable end of nave, Saint Germain-L'Auxerrois, Paris, France.
Napoleon (double-decker monument)?
Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy (seated statue), Mumbai, India.
Duke of Wellington (column and statue), Stratfield Saye, Hampshire.
Scutari Monument Haidar Pasha Cemetery, Turkey.
Coldstream Guards, Inkerman Memorial St Paul's Cathedral, London, England.
Cavalry Division Crimean War Memorial St Paul's Cathedral, London, England.
East Devonshire Regiment Crimean War Memorial, Exeter Cathedral, England.
9th Queen's Royal Lancers monument, Exeter Cathedral, England.
Queen Victoria (marble bust), Haddo House, Musselburgh, Scotland (Should this be Aberdeenshire?).
Vincenzo Bellini Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France.
General Bertrand (statue), Chateauroux, Indre, Centre, France.
Comtesse de Lariboisiere, Hôpital Lariboisiere, Paris, France.
Carlo Marochetti (his own tomb), Vaux-sur-Seine, Yvelines, Ile de France, France.
St Michael (stone angel), Champmotteux Church, Essene, France.
Prince Albert (wall memorial), St Thomas' Church, Newport, Isle of Wight, England.
Robert Lamond (marble bust), Glasgow, Scotland.
Pierre-Paul Royer-Collard (bronze statue), Vitry-le-François, France.

Please tell us of Marochetti works missing from the list.