Giulio Mazzoni (1525–1618) was an Italian painter and stuccoist, active during the
Renaissance period. He was born in
Piacenza, but studied in
Rome under
Daniele da Volterra,[1] and was active about the year 1568. He helped decorate the
Palazzo Spada. He also painted a canvas of the Four Evangelists for the
Cathedral of Piacenza.
One of the major works in his oeuvre is the
Theodoli Chapel in the
Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo which is a gem of Roman
Mannerism. Mazzoni was commissioned by Traiano Alicorni in 1555 to decorate his chapel in the basilica. The work was restarted by a new patron, Girolamo Theodoli, the Bishop of
Cádiz after 1569 and finished around 1575.[2] Mazzoni created a harmonious and iconographically coherent ensemble of delicate stuccos, frescos and paintings with the classicising statue of Saint Catherine in the focus of the space.
He was probably related to the sculptor
Guido Mazzoni.
^Patrizia Tosini: La cappella Alicorni Theodoli e la decorazione di Giulio Mazzoni da Piacenza, in I. Miarelli Mariani, M. Richiello (a cura di), Santa Maria del Popolo. Storia e restauri, 2 voll., Poligrafico dello Stato, Roma 2009, II, pp. 489-507
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Bryan, Michael (1889).
"Mazzoni, Giulio". In Armstrong, Sir Walter; Graves, Robert Edmund (eds.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (L–Z). Vol. II (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.