Michele Sansebastiano
Michele Sansebastiano or Vincenzo Michelangelo Sansebastiano was an Italian sculptor, mainly of terra cotta and stucco.
He was first educated in the Accademia Ligustica of Fine Arts of Genoa, and later trained in Florence under Augusto Rivalta. In 1881 he sent to the Genoese Exposition of Fine Arts, a stucco group depicting: I più bei fiori del mio giardino; and 1885 to the same Exhibition, a terra cotta Venus statuette, a small bust depicting the Emperor of Germany, a terracotta Paura ingenua, and the other two titled: Fabbro. Among other works are:
- Monument to the Republic of Brazil, set up in Belém, State of Parà, Brazil.
- Statues of Christ and St Peter
- Telemons of the "Palazzo dei Giganti"
- Cippo Tagliaferro, Cippo Romanengo-Bussa, Barbieri Tomb
- Fountain with Putto
- Vernetti and Cambiaggio-Minetto Tomb
Along with Cesare Moreno, he founded in 1883 a factory for the production of ceramic sculpture. In 1898, he was named Academic of Merit of the Accademia Ligustica.
