Orazio Marinali

Orazio Marinali (1643–1720) was an Italian late-Baroque sculptor, active mainly in the Veneto or Venetian mainland.

Many are stock characters from commedia dell'arte theater; others depict the so-called bravi (desperadoes).

For the same villa garden, Marinali also completed a large fountain group: la Ruota, symbolizing the four corners of the world.

They stand there alongside statues by the Paduan sculptor Antonio Bonazza who was influenced by Marinali.

Among his pupils were Domenico Aglio and Lorenzo Mattielli, who married the daughter of Angelo Marineli, Orazio's brother and collaborator.