GROPPO, Cesare
(b. ~1580 Genova, d. 0 ?)
Italian bronze founder of Genoese origin. In 1603 he executed two bronze reliefs for the funerary monument of Doge Marino Grimani and his wife (San Giuseppe di Castello, Venice).
Coronation of Morosina Morosini Grimani, Wife of the Doge
In 1603, Cesare Groppo a bronze specialist of Genoese origin, sculpted two reliefs for the funerary monument of Doge Marino Grimani and his wife, depicting the coronation the couple. In the reliefs the narrative elements recall those of the contemporary votive canvases of Jacopo Palma Giovane. The architectural part of the funerary monument was designed by Francesco Smeraldi.