MARABITTI, Ignazio
(b. 1719, Palermo, d. 1797, Palermo)

The Genius of Palermo

1778
Marble
Villa Giulia, Palermo

Ignazio Marabitti was the last great Sicilian sculptor of the Baroque. He closely imitated his master Filippo della Valle, and maintained this manner to the end of the eighteenth century.