Achille Alberti
Achille Alberti (1860, in Milan – July 15, 1943) was an Italian sculptor. Biography. Born in Milan, where he completed his studies at the Brera Academy under Pietro Magni and Riccardo Ripamonti. He later taught sculpture at the Academy. Like the sculptor Achille D'Orsi, he often depicted genre subjects, but he also completed scenes from classical history. In 1885, he completed the works "Il Catone Uticense" and "Vittime del lavoro". His statuette, "Il barcaiuolo", was exhibited in 1883, and the next year in Turin. He also completed the bronze statuary group "Due giugno"; "Apoteosi" (1886); "Leda" (1887, Mostra di  Venice); a stucco "Mater dolorosa" (1888, Bologna); a bronze figurine of "Il panattiere"; and "Maria", a marble bas-relief. At the Galleria d'Arte Moderna of Milan, a half dozen of his works are displayed: a bronze bas-relief of "Pindar in the Theater of Athens" (1891); a stucco bas-relief of "Bathers" (1891); a marble "Portrait of the poet Gian Pietro Lucini (1897); a marble bust of "Maniscalco" (1900); a bronze "Virago (1907); and a bronze "Bustino di Ragazzo" (1910).