Giovanni Lazzoni (1618 – after 1687) was an Italian sculptor of the

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period. He was born in Massa di Carrara, but worked for years in Rome, the Duchy of

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, and for the Republic of

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. He completed the statues of Athena and Mercury on the facade of the

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. He also worked in the Ducal Palace of Sassuolo. Among his masterworks is a marble relief for

San Giovanni Laterano The Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (officially the ''Major Papal, Patriarchal and Roman Archbasilica, Metropolitan and Primatial Cathedral of the Most Holy Savior and Saints John the Baptist and the Evangelist in Lateran, Mother and Head of A ...

in Rome depicting the ''Resurrection of Christ''. Two of his sons, Andrea and Tomaso, were also artists.Encyclopedia Treccani
Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 64 (2005); entry by Cristiano Giometti.

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1618 births 1687 deaths Artists from the Papal States People from the Republic of Lucca Sculptors from Carrara Italian Baroque sculptors 17th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors {{Italy-sculptor-stub