Giuseppe Valenti

Giuseppe Valenti was a Sicilian sculptor who was active in the late 19th century.

Statue of Queen Victoria in Valletta, Malta

Valenti was born in Palermo,[1] he was the son of Salvatore Valenti, who was also a sculptor and wood carver.[2] His work includes a seated statue of Saint Publius at St Paul's Cathedral in Mdina, Malta (1885),[3] a terracotta bust of Governor Lintorn Simmons at the Casino Notabile (1887),[1] and a marble statue of Queen Victoria in Valletta (1891).[3] The latter is one of the artist's best-known works.[2][4] He also sculpted funerary monuments and various works for Palermo churches.[2]

It has also been speculated that the sculpted stonework of the Casino Notabile's exterior might have been the work of Valenti.[4]

References
  1. Camilleri, Anton (2019). Monumenti u Busti fil-Gżejjer Maltin (in Maltese). Book Distributors Ltd. p. 208. ISBN 9789995799977.
  2. "Valenti Salvatore". Archivio Biografico Comunale – Comune di Palermo (in Italian). Archived from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  3. Cini, George (30 March 2011). "Queen gets good scrub in Valletta". Times of Malta. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020.
  4. Gauci, Matthew (2009). "New light on Webster Paulson and his architectural idiosyncrasies" (PDF). Proceedings of History Week: 137–149. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2017.
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