Sculptor, born in London into an Italian family. After military service with the Indian Army in World War II, Rizzello studied at Royal College of Art, winning a drawing prize and a Major Travelling Scholarship which in 1950–1 enabled him to study in France and Italy. Award of the Prix de Rome for Sculpture took him to Rome until 1953. Rizzello was noted for a series of heroic bronzes, his work being cast by The Morris Singer Foundry. The earliest was the Welsh National Memorial in Cardiff to David Lloyd George; others include Sir Thomas Beecham, at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and at the Royal Festival Hall; and Nelson Mandela, at Trades Union Congress headquarters. Later work included the graceful bronze of three youthful figures, Water Play, over a fountain in the centre of Hemel Hempstead new town, 1993; a memorial bronze of Nancy, Lady Astor, 1996; statues of Edward Jenner, for St George’s Hospital Medical School, 1996, and Edward Jenner Institute for Vaccine Research, 1997; and a bronze of Lord Taylor of Gosforth, Royal Courts of Justice, 1999; a memorial plaque for Princess Margaret at the Royal Opera House, unveiled by H M The Queen, 2002; and a memorial plaque for Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, for St George’s Chapel, Windsor, 2003, with other casts at St Mary Magdalene, Sandringham, and in the Royal Collection.