Giuseppe Mazza

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.

Sources

• Wittkower, Rudolf (1993). "Art and Architecture Italy, 1600-1750". Pelican History of Art. 1980. Penguin Books Ltd. pp. pp 449-450. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)