Sebastiano Mazzoni

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Sebastiano Mazzoni (c. 1611 - Venice, 22 April 1678) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.

Born in Florence, he trained in that city during 1632-33 in the studio of Baccio del Bianco. He then moved to Venice in 1648, and stayed there till his death. He painted a somewhat unusual Annunciation with a hovering ghostly angel dominating the scene. In 1638 he joined the Accademia del Disegno in Florence. Andrea Celesti was one of his pupils; and it is said he influenced the style of Sebastiano Ricci and Ghislandi. Ultimately he has a enigmatic individual style with paintings of unresolved dynamism, depicted from akward perspectives, in some fashion he resembles his contemporary Sebastiano Maffei.

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• Grove Encyclopedia entry in Artnet.
• Web Gallery of Art entry.

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