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(2) Lazzaro Giosafatti
(b Ascoli Piceno, 1694; d Ascoli Piceno, 17 April 1781). Son of (1) Giuseppe Giosafatti. He was sent to study with Camillo Rusconi in Rome, where he did stucco decorations in SS Simone e Giuda. He returned to Ascoli Piceno c. 1718 to work with his father. His major work is a sculptural group for Ascoli Piceno Cathedral, St Emidio Baptizing St Polisia (1725–30; in situ). In 1731 he executed the altar of the Madonna of Peace in S Agostino (sketch, Ascoli Piceno, Pin. Civ.). His high relief terracotta bozzetto of St Emidio in Glory is in the Pinacoteca Civica, Ascoli Piceno. A similar bozzetto (Baltimore, MD, Walters A.G.), dated 1757 and signed LG, has been attributed to Lazzaro by Rosenthal. His style, like that of Pierre Legros the younger and Filippo della Valle, both of whom he knew in Rome, combined classical and Baroque elements. While his father’s style was more severe, Lazzaro exemplified the Italian Rococo.
Part of the Giosafatti family
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