Antonio Maragliano
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Antonio Maragliano (1664-1739) was a Genoese sculptor who became the most important polychrome wood sculptor in 18th-century Liguria. His carved and painted processional groups for Genoese churches and confraternities are high points of Baroque devotional art, still carried through the streets during religious festivals.
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About Antonio Maragliano
Maragliano created polychrome wooden processional sculptures for Genoese churches. His painted groups are still carried in religious processions, making them among the finest surviving examples of Baroque devotional art.
Maragliano was born in 1664 and died in 1739, working in Genoa as the leading polychrome wood sculptor of 18th-century Liguria.
His Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, dated 1710, is held by the Art Institute of Chicago.
His carved and painted processional groups for Genoese confraternities are still carried through the streets during religious festivals today.
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