Art Model and Actor. He was a 19th-Century art model for renowned artists like Daniel Chester French, Edward Burne-Jones, Frederick Leighton, John Singer Sargent, Alma Tadema, and Edmund Tarbell. He was the model for the famous "Appeal to the Great Spirit" sculpture by Cyrus Dallin, which has stood on Huntington Avenue in front of Boston's Museum of Fine Arts for 100 years. He posed for 11 of the 16 figures in John Singer Sargent's "Frieze of Prophets," painted in the Boston Public Library. Near the end of his life, he became a silent film actor. Italian-born, his Roman nose and exotic looks made him able to pass as men from a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds. He maintained a studio with hundreds of costumes ready to appear as any character an artist might request. He was also known for his spaghetti parties.
Art Model and Actor. He was a 19th-Century art model for renowned artists like Daniel Chester French, Edward Burne-Jones, Frederick Leighton, John Singer Sargent, Alma Tadema, and Edmund Tarbell. He was the model for the famous "Appeal to the Great Spirit" sculpture by Cyrus Dallin, which has stood on Huntington Avenue in front of Boston's Museum of Fine Arts for 100 years. He posed for 11 of the 16 figures in John Singer Sargent's "Frieze of Prophets," painted in the Boston Public Library. Near the end of his life, he became a silent film actor. Italian-born, his Roman nose and exotic looks made him able to pass as men from a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds. He maintained a studio with hundreds of costumes ready to appear as any character an artist might request. He was also known for his spaghetti parties.
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