“George Basevi (1794-1845), attrib. T. I. Mazzotti (original) (raw)

George Basevi (1794-1845)

T. I. Mazzotti (fl. mid-19c.; attributed)

before 1853

Marble

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

As for the sculptor, St John's College, Cambridge, also has a work signed by "Sig. Mazzotti," dated 1834. An Albert Mazzotti, an Italian sculptor, is known to have had a studio in Norwich in 1819, and a Pelligrino Mazzotti died at Wisbech in Cambridgeshire in around 1870. Beyond that, it is hard to find any information about the family. According to the museum's plaque, and its catalogue site, this Mazzotti may have been working from an earlier original, or a cast taken during the architect's lifetime.

Photograph and text by Jacqueline Banerjee 2010

With thanks to the Fitzwilliam for permission to photograph outside the collection rooms