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Battista Bernero

Giovanni Battista Bernero: A Florentine Baroque Sculptor Giovanni Battista Discepoli (1736–1796), affectionately known as “Lo Zoppo di Lugano” due to his lifelong limp, stands as a pivotal figure in Swiss-Italian baroque sculpture. Born in Lugano, Switzerland, he emerged from the shadow of Camillo Procaccini, whose …