About Giuseppe Laguidara
Lived 1697 – 1742 (aged 44–45). Giuseppe Laguidara was a sculptor.
Giuseppe Laguidara (16971742) was an Italian sculptor of the Baroque period, active in his native Naples, Kingdom of Naples. He became a pupil of Lorenzo Vaccaro. He is described as sculpting figures of shepherds and shepherdesses for church nativity scenes (presepi). He was called to restore statues for the Neapolitan King, but due to an "exotic nature" he lost this employment. He died from an acute fever in 1742.
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Italian sculptor
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Giuseppe Laguidara was born in 1697.
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Giuseppe Laguidara died in 1742.
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Giuseppe Laguidara was a sculptor.
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