Antonio Allegretti

He was born in Cuneo, Piedmont, and died in Carrara, Italy.

His submission to a contest in Genoa of the statue of Cain, awarded him a stipend and a Gold medal from the Accademia Linguistica, and he moved to Florence.

There he made a portrait of Marchese Ginno Capponi.

In Rome he completed a statue of Margherita del Fausto, exhibited at the International Exposition of Paris, where it was lauded, reproduced, and sold.

His Eve after the Sin was purchased by Rome municipality, and is exhibited in the Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna.