BOSA - PAROLINI - ZAFFONATO. Bust of Gerolamo Ascanio Molin.

Rare. An important source of Bassano's art and local history. Antonio Bosa, born in Pove del Grappa, near Bassano, became one of the most important sculptors of his time. Antonietta Parolini belonged to one of the most important noble families of Bassano. Angelo Zaffonato, born in Schio, painter and engraver, collaborated with the Remondini Chalcography. Girolamo Molin, 1778 - 1851, was an eminent doctor and veterinarian, professor at the University of Padua; in 1838 he left the teaching of veterinary medicine to take over the direction of the medical-surgical-pharmaceutical faculty, a position he held until his retirement, in 1842, when he was appointed professor emeritus. Agostino Brotto Pastega dates this print around 1810. Cfr. Agostino Brotto Pastega, Gli Zambelli, Storia di una mirabolante ascesa sociale, in ‘L’illustre bassanese’, n. 174, Bassano, Luglio 2018, p. 28