Career
He is also known as Rosario Bagnasco Bonetti. The relationship between these two is unclear. They both belong to a large family of wood sculptors, including Girolamo Bagnasco (died 1832).
From there he worked with Giovanni Duprè in Florence, and then in Rome with Giulio Monteverde.
His residence in Palermo may have not allowed his skills to be used to the fullest. Among his works, A First Pain, completed in Florence, and awarded silver medal at the Exposition of Siracusa.
The Madwoman, (stucco). The Fallen Angel (stucco).
The Hurricane (marble).
Gifts of Wind and Dawn, statuettes in marble. The Women of Messina (stucco). The Sicilian Vespers, (Scene in stucco).
Busts of Maestro Petrella and Filippo Parlatore.
