RENATO BROZZI (Traversetolo, 1885 -1963). Untitled, 1925. Silver. Signed and dated. Measurements: 2 x 30 x 30 cm. Weight: 522 grams. Renato Brozzi was an Italian sculptor, engraver and goldsmith. He learned the trade of engraver very young in a bronze foundry and later worked for an antique workshop. Supported and encouraged by the painter Daniele de Strobel, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Parma, where he was taught by Cecrope Barilli. In 1907 he moved to Rome, where he remained with his family for more than 50 years. He attended the School of the Art of the Medal in the workshops of the National Mint, where he perfected his engraving technique. In 1915, he won a gold medal at the San Francisco International Fine Arts Exposition. In 1917, he exhibited fifty-four works including pastels, copper plates and silver plates in solo exhibitions organized by the Milan Permanent Exhibition (where he had already exhibited in 1910). In 1919 he designed the reverse of the 10 cent lira coin, depicting a bee perched on a poppy flower. His works attracted the attention of Gabriele D'Annunzio, who wanted him as his personal sculptor and goldsmith from 1920.