Giovanni Bonazza (circle) An evangelist rectangular... Lot 19

Giovanni Bonazza (circle) An evangelist rectangular withe marble high-relief; grey marble frame, 77by44cm. (total). This intriguing high-relief relates closely to the characteristic production of the venetian sculptor Giovanni Bonazza and his workshop. Compare a similar treatment of the hair, and equally pronounced facial features, in the examples illustrated by Pavanello (op. cit., nos. 70-79). The present relief resembles others in Padua and Perugia, which have been attributed to Bonazza's circle and, tentatively, to Francesco Bertos, who was one of his most prominent assistants. Cfr.: G.Pavanello, La scultura veneta del Seicento e del Settecento. Nuovi studi, Venezia, 2002