Career
His most notable artwork is the Winged Victory that crowns the Independence Column in downtown Mexico City. He began his career in Marseille as a sculptor following the French school. In 1891 he was commissioned by the Mexican government to create statues of national heroes for Paseo de la Reforma, in Mexico City.
Alciati was appointed professor of sculpture, decoration and modelling at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in 1895.
At the beginning of the 20th century he was commissioned by then President Porfirio Díaz to create most of the sculptures for the Independence Column in Mexico City under the direction of Antonio Rivas Mercado. While he made the marbles in Mexico and Florence, he cast the bronzes exclusively in the Italian city. that decorate the Postal Palace, across the street from Bellas Artes.
