José María Oscar Rodolfo Bernardelli y Thierry (18 December 1852 – 7 April 1931) José Maria Oscar Rodolfo Bernardelli y Thierry, commonly known as Rodolfo Bernardelli, was a Mexican-born Brazilian sculptor and art professor of Italian ancestry. Born in Guadalajara, Mexico on December 18, 1852, he descended from a family steeped in artistic tradition—his father was a violinist, and his mother a dancer—influences that would profoundly s…