Design for One Quarter of a Ceiling with a Medaillons at the Center (recto); Design for a Quarter of a Ceiling with a Medaillon at the Corner and a Medaillon at the Center (verso)

About the Artist

Leonardo Marini · 1730–1797

Leonardo Marini (1730–1797) was an Italian sculptor who worked principally in Rome during the later decades of the eighteenth century, contributing to the rich culture of sculptural production that flourished in the city during the age of Neoclassicism. Born in 1730, Marini trained within the Roman tradition of marble carving and decorative sculpture, absorbing the technical standards demanded by ...