Lot 446: WORKSHOP OF GIUSEPPE MAZZA

SAINT ANTHONY OF PADUA, SAINT LAWRENCE AND SAINT PETER ADORING THE CHRIST CHILD
in glazed giltwood oval box frame, with label on the reverse of frame inscribed: Basso-rilievo del' celebre scultore Agostino Corsini bolognese, che fra i diversi lavori operati in patria e fuori, fece la gran statua di S. Pietro... va la faciata della Metropolitana e la Concezione ora esistense in S. Pertronio. Mori in Napoli nel... 12 ... 84

height 15 5/8 in.; 39.5 cm

terracotta relief

18th century

Washington, New York, Cambridge 1979-1982, no. 45 (illus.)

Heim Gallery, London

RELATED LITERATURE

Pope-Hennessy 1964, no. 705

Although an early label on the reverse of the frame ascribes the present relief to Agostino Corsini, comparison to the only signed relief by Corsini (Pope-Hennessy, op. cit., no. 705) is unconvincing. Several reliefs by Giuseppe Maria Mazza and his workshop feature very similar treatment of drapery, facial types, and heavenly clouds; the present relief likely comes from Mazza's workshop, where Agostino Corsini probably studied.