Luigi Ferrari, an Italian sculptor, born in Venice in 1810. lie studied under his father Bartolorameo, an eminent artist, and was early employed in connection with Canova's monument to Titian. In 1827 he exhibited his first work, a statuette of the Virgin; and since 1851 he has been professor of statuary at the academy of fine arts in Venice. Among his principal works are "Laocoon," in the museum of Brescia; two figures representing a Nymph collecting Lotus ' and Melancholy;" and marble statues of King David, of the Madonna della Concezione, of Marco Polo, and of St. Justus, in Trieste. He has executed many funeral monuments, and busts and statues of angels, nymphs, and children.