Salvatore Albano (May 29, 1841 – October 13, 1893) was an Italian sculptor.
He was born in Oppido Mamertina in Calabria, southern Italy, to parents of limited means. He began in Calabria as a sculptor of wooden Presepi or Nativity scenes. Because of his talent, his townspeople gave him a stipend to study in Naples. There he trained under a cavalier Sorbille, also from Calabria. After a year, he trained in the local Accademia under its director Tito Angelini. In 1865, his native province continued his stipend of 60 lire per year for three years. He won a number of contests in his Naples. In 1867, he submitted his Resurrection of Lazarus and a Cain to an exposition in Rome. He moved to Florence by 1869, and spent the remainder of his career there. Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 12.
As a young man, he completed a Conte Ugolino bought by Marchese Agostino Sergio. Among his other works are: Tears and Flowers (1864) Moses in Anger smashes the Tablets with the Commandments (1864, Capodimonte) Christ nell'Orto (1865) Masaniello (1866, Accademia) Eve (1869, Florence) Gioachino Rossini- bust (1869, Florence) Ariadne abandoned (1870) Il Genio di Michelangelo for Baron di Talleyrand. Venere Mendicante The Fallen Angels (1893, in the Brooklyn Museum)
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