Giuseppe Mazza

The "Gloria" (Glory), sculpture in San Giovanni Battista (Saint John the Baptist) church in Minerbio, province of Bologna.

Giuseppe Mazza (1653–1741) was an Italian sculptor of the Rococo period. He was active in Bologna, as well as 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.

Sources

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