Jacopo Colonna or Giacomo Fantoni (died 1540) was an Italian sculptor active in the Renaissance. Born in

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

, he was a pupil of

Jacopo Sansovino Jacopo d'Antonio Sansovino (2 July 1486 – 27 November 1570) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect, best known for his works around the Piazza San Marco in Venice. These are crucial works in the history of Venetian Renaissance archi ...

. He completed a ''St Jerome'' statue for the church of San Salvatore, a weeping Christ now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia of Venice. In Padua he completed a ''St. Anthony'' in stucco. He was commissioned by Luigi Cornaro, stucco depictions of Minerva, Diana, and Venus, as well as a statue of Mars. He died at Bologna in 1540.

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* 1540 deaths Republic of Venice sculptors Renaissance sculptors Year of birth unknown 16th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors 16th-century Venetian people {{italy-sculptor-stub