Antonio Bonazza (1698 – c. 1762) was an Italian sculptor of the

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. Antonio was the son of Giovanni Bonazza, a prominent sculptor active in

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(1654–1736), and member of a large family of sculptors. He may have been influenced by

Orazio Marinali Orazio Marinali (1643–1720) was an Italian late- Baroque sculptor, active mainly in the Veneto or Venetian mainland. He trained with Josse de Corte. He is best known for over 150 statues produced by him and his studio for the estate and garden ...

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. Antonio is best known for his sculpture of

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themes, carved in local stone, suggesting characters from the theater for the formal gardens of

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at Bagnoli near

. His genre subjects may have influenced F. A. Bustelli’s porcelain figures produced at

Nymphenburg porcelain The Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory (German: ''Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg'') is located at the ''Nördliche Schloßrondell'' in one of the ''Cavalier Houses'' in front of the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich, Germany, and since its establ ...

factory.

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‘’La Vecchia’’
* 1698 births 1762 deaths 18th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-sculptor-stub