Giuseppe Antonio Rusconi

Place: Tremona

Born: 1688

Death: 1758

Biography:

Giuseppe Rusconi, also known as Giuseppe Antonio Rusconi, was born in Tremona, Switzerland in 1688 and died in 1758. He was an Italian sculptor who trained in Rome and was active in Rome and Naples during the Rococo period. He executed the statues of St. Charles Borromeo and St. Bernard in the façade of Santa Maria Maggiore, a bust of Christine of Sweden (1740), the statue of Wealth in the Trevi Fountain (1735), and the sepulchre of Duchess Grillo in Sant'Andrea delle Fratte (1752). He was also active in the decoration of the famed Neapolitan Cappella Sansevero. He is known for his masterpiece, Release from Deception (Il Disinganno), produced in 1752-1759, which shows a fisherman being released from a net by an angel and can be seen in Cappella Sansevero, Naples.