Raffaello Pagliaccetti

Raffaello Pagliaccetti (31 October 1839 – 8 May 1900) was an Italian sculptor, active mainly in Florence.

Raffaello Pagliaccetti was born in Giulianova in the province of Teramo, and received his first art instruction from the painter Flaviano Bucci and his wife.

The next year, he won first prize in a school competition with a sculpture of Silenus and a Child Bacchus.

That year, he moved to Florence, where he encountered or studied under sculptors of the Florentine Academy such as Aristodemo Costoli, Giovanni Dupre, Pio Fedi, and Emilio Santarelli.

At the Exposition of the Societa Promotrice delle Belle Arti, he was awarded the gold medal for some busts, including of Gioacchino Rossini, and a full-size statue of the Duke of Aosta.