Carlo Mazza (1704-1777) was an Italian painter.

Biography

He was born in

Correggio Antonio Allegri da Correggio (August 1489 – 5 March 1534), usually known as just Correggio (, also , , ), was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the High Italian Renaissance, who was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sens ...

, but mainly active in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

. He trained under

Girolamo Donnini Girolamo Donnini (18 April 1681 – 1743) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, born in the town of Correggio, Emilia-Romagna. He was a pupil of the painters Francesco Stringa in Modena, and then of Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole in Bologna, ...

. He painted in the chapel of Santissimi Sacramento in

San Petronio The Basilica of San Petronio is a minor basilica and church of the Archdiocese of Bologna located in Bologna, Emilia Romagna, northern Italy. It dominates Piazza Maggiore. The basilica is dedicated to the patron saint of the city, Saint Petronius ...

of Bologna. In the church of the Servi, he painted a ''Santi Simone e Giuda''. He painted a ''Saints Anne, Charles, and Louis'' for the church of San Bartolomeo in Porta Ravegnana. He painted a ''Santo Uomobono'' for the church of Sant'Eligio. He died in Bologna.Notizie di Antonio Allegri, di Antonio Bartolotti suo maestro, e di altri pittori ed artisti Correggiesi
by Quirino Bigi 143-144. He may be related to the sculptor

Giuseppe Maria Mazza Giuseppe Maria Mazza (13 May 1653 – 6 June 1741) was one of the leading sculptors of Bologna, Italy, in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He was trained as a painter, but is best known for his fine sculptural work in terracotta and stucco. ...

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1704 births 1777 deaths Painters from Bologna 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub