Ceccardo Egidio Fucigna

Ceccardo Egidio Fucigna

The Madonna by Fucigna in the roof garden at Cardiff Castle
Born 1834
Carrara, Italy
Died 1884
Nationality Italian
Notable work

Ceccardo Egidio Fucigna (1834 - 1884) was an Italian sculptor[1] who established a long partnership with the architect William Burges. He worked with Burges at Cardiff Castle, where he sculpted the Virgin and Child in the Roof Garden,[2] at Castell Coch, where he was responsible for the Madonna over the drawbridge gate, and also undertook work at Royal Holloway College[3] and at the Albert Memorial.

Notes

  1. "Ceccardo Egidio Fucigna - Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951". Sculpture.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
  2. "Ceccardo Fucigna. : the Imaging the Bible in Wales database". Imagingthebible.llgc.org.uk. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
  3. "Ceccardo Egidio Fucigna's sculptural work for Royal Holloway College". Victorianweb.org. 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
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