Giuseppe Mazza was an Italian

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 sculptor of the Rococo

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 period. He was active in Bologna

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, as well as Ferrara

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, Modena

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, Pesaro

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, and Venice

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. 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

Domenico Maria Canuti

Domenico Maria Canuti was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna and Rome.Born in Bologna, Canuti first trained in that city under Guido Reni, then with Guercino. He painted many ceiling and wall frescoes...

 and Lorenzo Pasinelli

Lorenzo Pasinelli

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