Giovanni Strazza (1818–1875) was an Italian sculptor who was born in Milan, Italy. He studied at Brera Academy in Milan and then worked in Rome between 1840 and 1858.^[1] He returned to Milan where he taught at his alma mater from 1860 to 1875, passing the "Sculpture Chair" to Giosuè Argenti.^[2]

Work

• Strazza's most well known work is The Veiled Virgin.
• A replica (2005) of Strazza's L'Audace Righetto stands on the Janiculum Hill in Roma; the original (1851) is in the Palazzo Litta in Milano
• Ishmael Abandoned in the Desert, a replica of which from 1850 is exhibited at the Gallery of Modern Art in Milan .