Giulio Branca (December 15, 1851 – February 28, 1926)[1] was an Italian sculptor, active mainly in Milan.
His father Lodovico wanted him to study commerce, but he filled his school books with drawings of soldiers and battles.
[2] After a severe illness, his parents relented and allowed him to study art, initially locally under the sculptor Bergonzoli.
[3] Other works include a life-size marble statue of Louis XVII, displayed at the 1878 Universal Exposition of Paris; and of Rosmunda al banchetto di Alboino, displayed in 1880 in Turin and awarded a silver medal in the 1883 International Exposition of Amsterdam.
The city of Cannobio commissioned from him a larger than life statue of Senator Antonio Giovagnola.