From:johncoulthart:
". . the model for Eros was one Angelo Colarossi whose father was also named Angelo Colarossi and was the model for Leighton’s python wrangler. Colarossi Snr, an Italian immigrant, was a popular artists’ model."
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Angelo Colarossi, Jnr and Snr
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Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain - Eros
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