Damiano Mazza, The Rape of Ganymede (c.โ€‰1575), National Gallery, London

Damiano Mazza (active 1573โ€“1590) was an Italian Renaissance artist. He lived in the Venetian city of Padua, 40 km west of Venice. It is known that he studied under Titian.[1]

Mazza's best-known painting is The Rape of Ganymede in the National Gallery, London, which originally adorned the ceiling of a lawyer's house in Padua. He also painted an icon of the Madonna for the Santuario della Beata Vergine della Porta in Guastalla.

Further reading

  • Sapienza, Valentina (2008), "MAZZA, Damiano", Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian), Treccani, vol. 72

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