A lineage of Lombard sculptors specialised in decorative figures in noble materials, between late academicism and Art Deco elegance.

The signature “Pozzi” refers to a family of Italian sculptors active between the late 19th and early 20th century, originating from Lombardy and recognised on the international market for their decorative figures executed in exceptional materials: white Carrara marble, alabaster, Portor, onyx. Their works are characterised by marked formal elegance, exceptional attention to anatomical details and a mastery of surface effects that places their production at the summit of decorative craftsmanship of their era.

Egidio Pozzi was active in the second half of the 19th century. A Lombard sculptor established notably in Milan, he is documented for figurative works of academic and Romantic inspiration, often in marble, exhibited at Italian artistic events of the 1880s.

Tancredi Pozzi (1864–1929) was trained in Italian academies and active between the late 19th century and the interwar period. His work covers funerary, monumental and decorative sculpture. His name appears in several art dictionaries and Italian catalogues as a foremost Lombard sculptor of his generation.

Giovanni Oreste Pozzi (1892–1945) was a student of sculptor Giovanni Enrico Butti in Milan. He distinguished himself from 1928 at the exhibitions of the Promotrice di Belle Arti in Turin. The refinement of his figures, notably a Smiling Woman’s Head preserved at the Galleria d’Arte Moderna in Milan, illustrates the technical excellence characteristic of the lineage.

In the absence of elements allowing the certain attribution of a work signed “Pozzi” to one or another member of the family, academic caution requires these sculptures to be considered as creations from this family and stylistic environment, without definitive individual attribution.