Carlo Alfred Romanelli (1872–1947) was an Italian sculptor, born inFlorence,Italy August 24, 1872 and died August 9, 1947. He came to the United States in 1902, settling inLos Angeles, California.^[1] He moved toDetroit,Michigan in the early 1920s.^[2] He was the son of Italian sculptorRaffaello Romanelli (1856–1928) who created the 1927 bust ofDante Alighieri onBelle Isle Park in Detroit.^[2] Among Carlo Romanelli's Detroit works are the bronze tablet ofCadillac's landing, now at the Cadillac CenterPeople Mover Station downtown, andLa Pieta at the entrance ofMt. Elliott Cemetery.^[2] Carlo attended the Royal Academy of Art in Italy and studied with his father and sculptorAugusto Rivalta; Rivalta's Detroit statue ofChristopher Columbus (1910) is now atJefferson Avenue and Randolph Street.^[2][3]

Other works by Romanelli completed for Detroit include a bust ofBishop Foley, which was not sited.^[4]

• Delicato, Armando (2005).Italians in Detroit (Images of America). Arcadia Publishing.ISBN 0738539856.
• Nawrocki, Dennis and Thomas Holleman,Art in Detroit Public Places, Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan 1980
• Walt, Irene and Balthazar Korab (2004).Art in Stations. Wayne State University Press.ISBN 0974539201.

• Italian emigrants to the United States
• Artists from Detroit
• 1872 births
• 1947 deaths
• 20th-century American sculptors
• 20th-century American male artists
• American male sculptors
• Sculptors from Michigan

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