Nicola Cantalamessa Papotti

His marble busts, statues, and bas-reliefs were widely commissioned in the United States apart from in Italy.

Among his first works was a group on the hunt theme with Daphnis, Cloris, Cupid, and Spring.

Another early commission was in 1855 and for use in the main entrance of the Apodimonte Palace of Ferdinand II of Naples.

From 1857 he received many commissions from the United States from wealthy clients including a monument for General Sumner in the Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston.

He also made a monument for the industrialist H. J. Chisholm which was cast in bronze in the Bastianelli foundry, Rome, and the installation at Cleveland was inaugurated in 1884.