Santo Varni

Santo Varni
Santo Varni by Maria Ighina Barbano, 1894
Born	1807
Died	1885
Nationality	Italian
Known for	Sculpture

Santo Varni (1807 in Genoa – 1885) was an Italian sculptor active mainly in Liguria.

He began his training at the Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti, where he was a pupil of Giuseppe Gaggini. He moved to Florence, where he was a pupil of Lorenzo Bartolini . He is represented by more than forty works at the Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno in Genoa. These include the tomb of Bracelli Spinola (1864), the tomb of Andrea Tagliacane (1870), and the tomb of Asarta (1879). When Gaggini left the Genoese academy in 1885, Varni filled his post. His large collection of drawings and works of local artists was dispersed after his death. Among his pupils were Eugenio Baroni and Antonio Allegretti.

Statue of Faith at Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno

Statue of Christopher Columbus in the garden in Piazza Acquaverde

Tomb of his wife Giuditta Varni

Tomb of the Dufour family at Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno in Genoa