1695, Padua – 1730, Padua

An Italian sculptor of the Venice school.

Worked in Padua, Venice. Experienced the influence of F. Parodi, from whom he inherited a lively, dynamic manner of reproduction of bodies and clothes’ plastic, but gave his images great loveliness and the rococo-spirited elegance. Major works in Venice. In Russia there is a number of works attributed to G. Bonazza: statues Night, Aurora, Midday, Sunset (1716–1717), Delphi Sevilla (Summer Garden) and LibianSevilla (Pushkin), busts – allegories of the months (Pushkin), statues “Adam” and “Eve” for the fountains of the same names in Peterhof.