Costantino Corti

Engraving of the colossal statue Lucifer by Costantino Corti

Costantino Corti (1823/1824–1873) was a Milanese sculptor who exhibited at Brera and in Florence, London, and Paris. Corti was most noted for his colossal statue Lucifer. He also produced statues commemorating Federico Borromeo, Conrad of Swabia,[1] and the astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi.[2]

  1. ^ It is unclear whether the subject was Conrad III of Germany or Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor.
  2. ^ Nuove effemeridi Siciliane di scienze, lettere ed arti (Palermo, 1871), vol. 3, p. 480 online.

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