Ferdinand Pettrich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ferdinand Pettrich

German sculptor

Date of Birth: 05-Dec-1798

Place of Birth: Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 14-Feb-1872

Profession: sculptor

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Frederick Augustus Ferdinand Pettrich (1798 – 14 February 1872) was a German sculptor active in Germany, Brazil, the United States, and Italy.
He was an internationally famous portrait sculptor who created busts of political figures in Washington D.C.
as well as Native Americans.
In the early 1840s he moved to Brazil to become the Court Sculptor to Emperor Dom Pedro II.