Giorgio de Chirico, 1888 to 1978, gold glazed bronze limited edition sculpture titled Il Trovatore, circa the 1970s. Signed to the base. Marked Fonderia Cavallari, Roma and numbered 8 of 10. Giuseppe Maria Alberto Giorgio de Chirico was an Italian artist and writer born in Greece. In the years before World War I, he founded the scuola metafisica art movement, which profoundly influenced the surrealists. Mid Century Modernist Bronze Sculptures For Collectors.