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Peter Lombard
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Pietro Lombardo (1435–1515) was an
Italian Renaissance sculptor
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and
architect
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; born in
Carona (
Ticino
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), he was the father of
Tullio Lombardo and
Antonio Lombardo
Antonio "Tony the Scourge" Lombardo (; November 23, 1891 – September 7, 1928) was an Italian-born American mobster. He was ''consigliere'' to Al Capone, and later the President of the Unione Siciliana.
Biography
Born in the town of Galat ...
.
"Pietro Lombardo."
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In the late 15th century, Pietro Lombardo sculpted many Venetian
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tombs with the help of his sons. These tombs included those of Dante Alighieri
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, Doge Pasquale Malipiero and Pietro Mocenigo
Pietro Mocenigo (1406–1476) was doge of Venice from 1474 to 1476.
He was one of the greatest Venetian admirals and revived the fortunes of the Venetian navy, which had fallen very low after the defeat at the Battle of Negroponte in 1470. In 1 ...
. He was the architect and chief sculptor for the Church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Venice
Santa Maria dei Miracoli is a church in the sestiere of Cannaregio, in Venice, Italy.
Architecture and restoration
Also known as the "marble church", it is one of the best examples of the early Venetian Renaissance including colored marble, a f ...
(1481–1489) and of San Giobbe
The Church of St Job ( it, Chiesa di San Giobbe) is a 15th-century Roman Catholic church located overlooking the campo of the same name, known as ''Sant'Agiopo'' in Venetian dialect, on the south bank of the Cannaregio canal near Ponte dei Tre Ar ...
in Venice. He also depicted saints and the Virgin Mary on the walls of several Catholic churches.
Pietro Lombardo is mentioned in line 27 of ''Canto ''XLV by Ezra Pound
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an expatriate American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a Fascism, fascist collaborator in Italy during World War II. His works ...
as the first in a list of Italian renaissance artists whom Pound admired.
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Italian Renaissance sculptors
1435 births
1515 deaths
Architects from Ticino
Republic of Venice artists
Italian Renaissance architects
15th-century Italian architects
15th-century Italian sculptors
Italian male sculptors
16th-century Italian sculptors
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