Antonio Allegretti

Antonio Allegretti (1840–1918) was an Italian sculptor. He was born in Cuneo, Piedmont, and died in Carrara, Italy. He trained in Genoa under Santo Varni. His submission to a contest in Genoa of the statue of Cain, awarded him a stipend and a Gold medal from the Accademia Linguistica, and he moved to Florence. There he made a portrait of Marchese Ginno Capponi. From there he moved to Rome, where he became professor of sculpture at the Royal Institute of Fine Arts in Rome.