Giuseppe Mazza
Appearance
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).
Mazza once attempted to restore Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper, doing more harm than good.
Before becoming a sculptor he had trained in the studios of the painters Domenico Maria Canuti and Lorenzo Pasinelli.