Orazio Marinali (1643–1720) was an Italian late-

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sculptor, active mainly in the

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or Venetian mainland. He trained with

Josse de Corte 250px, ''Queen of Heaven expelling the Plague'', Main altar, Salute Josse de Corte (1627–1679) was a Baroque Flemish sculptor, born in Ypres, but mainly active in Venice after 1657. History He is also known as ''Giusto Le Court'' ''Giusto Co ...

. He is best known for over 150 statues produced by him and his studio for the estate and gardens of a single villa in

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, the Villa Lampertico (also known as Villa Conti or ''La Deliziosa''). Many are stock characters from ''

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'' theater; others depict the so-called ''bravi'' (desperadoes). They vary in quality, and are often executed in local stone. For the same villa garden, Marinali also completed a large fountain group: ''la Ruota'', symbolizing the four corners of the world. Many of Marinali's garden statues from the Vicenza area were removed to the

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outside Florence in the 20th century, to decorate gardens created there by Arthur Acton. They stand there alongside statues by the Paduan sculptor

Antonio Bonazza Antonio Bonazza (1698 – c. 1762) was an Italian sculptor of the Rococo. Antonio was the son of Giovanni Bonazza, a prominent sculptor active in Padua (1654–1736), and member of a large family of sculptors. He may have been influenced by Oraz ...

who was influenced by Marinali. Among his pupils were

Domenico Aglio Domenico Aglio (active 1710) was an Italian sculptor of the Baroque style, active in Verona. He is also referred to as ''dell'Allio'' or ''de Aglio'' or ''il Gobbo'' (Hunchback). He was born in Vicenza. he was a pupil of the brothers, Angelo and ...

and

Lorenzo Mattielli Lorenzo Mattielli (1678/1688 ? – 27 or 28 April 1748) was an Italian sculptor from the Late Baroque period. His name has also variously been written as ''Matielli'', ''Mattiely'', ''Matthielli'', and ''Mathielli''. He supplied statuary for pal ...

, who married the daughter of

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, Orazio's brother and collaborator.

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