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Cesare Giuseppe Mazzoni or Gioseffo Mazzoni (Bologna, 15 April 1678 - 8 February 1763) was an Italian painter, active in a late-Baroque style. ==Biography== He was tall, and born with a cleft lip.〔(Storia dell'Accademia Clementina di Bologna ), Volume 2, per Lelio dalla Volpe, Bologna, 1739, page 175.〕 His father was described as a rigattiere (or ragpicker) by Crespi, but as a seller of used furniture by other sources.〔Lelio dalla Volpe, page 169〕 Cesare studied under Lorenzo Pasinelli and then under Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole. In Bologna, he received encouragement from Felice Torelli.〔(Felsina pittrice, vite de' pittori bolognesi: tomo terzo ), by Luigi Crespi, Stamperia of Marco Pagliarini, Rome, 1769, page 263.〕 He worked the marchese Spada in Montiano, along with Gaetano Bertuzzi. He also painted the main altarpiece depicting ''San Colombano'', for the Oratory of the Resurrection associated with the Church of San Colombano. he was soon to join the oratory. He traveled to Turin for three years, where he painted for the Conte Galeano de Barbaresco. Returning to Bologna, he painted for the Senator Calderini and the Principe Ercolani.〔Lelio dalla Volpe, pages 171-172.〕 He became a member of the Clementine Academy of Fine Arts. He worked in Vinegia, Faenza, in the Palazzo Leonida Spada near Ravenna, and Rome.〔Lelio dalla Volpe, page 173.〕 He was never highly successful in gaining major commissions. His last work was a ''St Peter in Chains'' for the church of Giovanni in Monte. He died of an illness with jaundice and was buried in the church of San Colombano, Bologna. 〔Luigi Crespi, page 263.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cesare Mazzoni」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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