Ettore Ferrari: A Sculptor of Italian Unification and Masonic Legacy Ettore Ferrari (1845-1929) was a prominent Italian sculptor whose career spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Rome on March 25, 1845, to an artistic family—his father being a painter—Ferrari’s life and work were deeply intertwined with the political and cultural transformations of Italy during the Risorgimento (Italian unification) and beyond. He d…