Giuseppe Mazza

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Giuseppe Mazza (1653-1741) was a Bolognese sculptor of the Rococo period. He was active in Bologna, Ferrara, Modena, Pesaro, and Venice. His masterpiece is a series of monumental reliefs for the Capella di San Domenico in the Basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Venice (c. 1720).

Before becoming a sculptor he had trained in the studios of the painters Domenico Maria Canuti and Lorenzo Pasinelli.

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  • Wittkower, Rudolf (1993). "Art and Architecture Italy, 1600-1750", Pelican History of Art, 1980, Penguin Books Ltd, pp 449-450. 
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