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Giacomo De Maria (1762–1838) was an Italian sculptor, active in Bologna.

Biography

He was a pupil of Domenico Piò. Among his works are:

• Putti of the chapel after the crossing of San Petronio
• Statues in the atrium of the Palazzo Hercolani, Bologna
• Bust of Angelo Venturoli for his college
• Statues in the fifth chapel of San Giorgio
• Bas-relief of Olympus for tympanum of the facade of Palazzo Aldini, Bologna
• Charity in the Monumental Arch of the Lupari family at the Certosa of Bologna
• Sculpture of the Conventi, Ranuzzi, Cospi, and Caprara-Montecuccoli tomb monuments (latter has a "veiled eternity")

References

1. La storia delle arti del disegno, studiata nei monumenti che si conservano in Bologna e nei suburbi, by A.C. Romagnoli, D. Giannitrapani, published by Tipografia Gamberini e Parmeggiani, 1888, page 191.

• 1762 births
• 1838 deaths
• 18th-century Italian sculptors
• 19th-century Italian sculptors
• Italian male sculptors
• Artists from Bologna
• 19th-century Italian male artists
• 18th-century Italian male artists
• Artists from the Papal States