Giuseppe Ducrot

Giuseppe Ducrot (born 1966 in Rome) is an Italian sculptor and member of the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi al Pantheon.

Life Born in 1966 Ducrot set out in tempera painting and black-white drawings. During his military-service he painted a portrait series of his comrades. After a time of experimenting, among others within the workshops of the figurative painter Giovanni Colacicchi and the sculptor Vito Cipolla, Ducrot dedicated himself entirely to the plastic arts. Despite some approaches to abstraction the majority of Ducrot's oeuvre emulates Imperial Roman and Hellenistic art as well as the dynamics of Baroque sculpture. He works in terracotta, glazed ceramics, marble and lost wax bronze casting. Apart from numerous bozzetti Ducrot's works comprise both projects within the range of heritage conservation and private as well as Church commissions. Since 2013 Ducrot members among the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts (Class for Painting). He lives and works in Rome.

Works (selection) Hitherto Ducrot's principal works are: 1995 Bust of Marcus Aurelius for the facade of Galleria Borghese, Rome 1996 Herm of a Nymph for Piazza Capo di Ferro, Rome 1999 Bust reliquary (bronze) of Saint Filippo Neri for the basilica of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini, Rome 2000 Set of Cornucopia und Bacchus-urne for Galleria Borghese, Rome 2000 Altar, ambon and statue of St. Benedict for the Cathedral of Nursia 2009 Monumental statue of St. Benedict in Cassino (Lazio) 2010 Monumental statue of St Hannibal Mary of France commissioned by the Rogationists, exterior niche of St. Peter's Basilica, Rome 2011 Altar, ambon and crucifix for the Noto Cathedral, Sicily 2012 Statue of John the Baptist for the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs, Rome 2015 Fountain, Le Sirenuse, Positano (Amalfi) 2017 Statue of St. Matthew for the Theatine Church, Munich