Domenico Piò

{{Short description|Italian sculptor}}

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Domenico Piò (1715-1801) was an Italian sculptor, active in Bologna in a late-Rococo style.

Biography

He was born in Bologna and learned his trade and style from working with his father, Angelo Piò. He became secretary of the Accademia Clementina.[https://books.google.com/books?id=JR0exnByXvkC Pitture scolture ed architetture delle chiese luoghi pubblici, palazzi, e case della citta di Bologna, e suoi subborghi], by Carlo Cesare Malvasia, page 541. Among Domenico's pupils was Gaetano Pignoni.Malvasia page 540.

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