Lot 450: CIRCLE OF GIUSEPPE MARIA MAZZA 1653 - 1741

VEILED VIRGIN

height 20 1/4 in.; 51.5 cm

terracotta bust

<P>circa 1700</P>

Heim Autumn 1967, no. 85
Washington, New York, Cambridge, 1979-1982, no. 41 (illus.)

Heim Gallery, London

RELATED LITERATURE

Riccomini 1965, nos. 12, 29, 49

Though it has been connected to the style of Giuseppe Mazzuoli, the present bust compares more favorably with the work of the Bolognese sculptor Giuseppe Maria Mazza and his circle. The heavy eyelids, long bridge of the nose, and rounded chin, as well as the long, thin, frequent folds of drapery are typical of the Bolognese style around the turn of the 18th century.