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(2) Giovanni Antonio Mazzuoli
(b Volterra, 1644; d ?Siena, after 1706). Brother of (1) Giuseppe Mazzuoli. Apart from stucco decorations in the church of Gesù e S Lucia in Montepulciano, his work is in Siena, where he seems to have been a prosperous and highly valued sculptor. Della Valle provided a biography and a comprehensive list of Mazzuoli’s work and wrote about the high quality of his marbles and stuccos. Giovanni Antonio’s sculpture is for the most part public and religious. One of his most important works is the stucco relief of the Assumption with Angels (c. 1700) on the Triumphal Arch of Siena Cathedral. Other work of note includes the marble tombs of Conte Orso d’Elci (c. 1668; Siena, S Agostino), two wall monuments, of Virgilio de’ Vecchi and Camillo de’ Vecchi (marble, both c. 1706; Siena, S Martino), and one of Antonio Rospigliosi (Siena, S Virgilio). In addition there are reliefs of the Miracle of Ambrogio Sansedoni in the chapel of the Palazzo Sansedoni. Much of Mazzuoli’s sculpture is small-scale and decorative: putti, angels, candelabra, altar embellishments and work in gilt stucco. Had he gone to Rome with his brother Giuseppe, to whom he gave his earliest training, he probably would have become a prominent sculptor working in the style of the late work of Bernini and Ercole Ferrata. By remaining in Siena, he kept his reputation local and his art provincial.
Part of the Mazzuoli family
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