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Tullio Lombardo (c. 1455 – November 17, 1532), also known as Tullio Solari, was an
Italian Renaissance The Italian Renaissance ( it, Rinascimento ) was a period in Italian history covering the 15th and 16th centuries. The period is known for the initial development of the broader Renaissance culture that spread across Europe and marked the trans ...
sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...
. He was the brother of
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 Galati ...
and son of
Pietro Lombardo Monument of the Doge Pietro Mocenigo 1481 :''Pietro Lombardo is also the Italian version of the name of the theologian Peter Lombard.'' Pietro Lombardo (1435–1515) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect; born in Carona (Ticino), he ...
. The Lombardo family worked together to sculpt famous
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churches and
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s. The church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo contains the Monument to Doge
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, executed with his father and brother, and the Monument to Doge
Andrea Vendramin Tomb of Andrea Vendramin in Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice Andrea Vendramin (1393 – May 5, 1478, both Venice) served as Doge of Venice, 1476–78, at the height of Venetian power, the only member of the Vendramin family to do so. His mother ...
,Scholars Resource several excellent photographs
See also Pope-Hennessy and other standard works. an evocation of a Roman triumphal arch encrusted with decorative figures. Tullio also likely completed the funereal monument to
Marco Cornaro Marco Cornaro (c. 1286 – 13 January 1368), also known as Marco Corner, was the 59th doge of Venice, ruling between 1365 and 1368. His brief reign saw the loss of Venetian territory to Genoa and the Ottoman Empire, though Venice was to enjoy eco ...
in the Church of Santi Apostoli and the frieze in the Cornaro Chapel of the
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. He also participated in the work to decorate
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 fals ...
. Tullio lombardo, bacco e arianna.jpg, ''
Young Couple ''Young Couple'' is a c.1505-1510 Carrara marble relief sculpture by Tullio Lombardo, now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. It was previously known as ''Bacchus and Ariadne'', whilst a recent study by Claudia Kryza-Gersch has suggested the ...
'' Tullio lombardo, giovane guerriero, inizio del cinquecento.JPG, Young Warrior Tullio lombardo, busto di cristo, 1520, donazione eredi de carlo al bargello 01.JPG, Bust of
Christ Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, names and titles), was ...
Adam by tullio lombardo.jpg, ''
Adam Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as " ...
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Sculpture in the Metropolitan MAMetropolitan Museum of Art Exhibition, "Tullio Lombardo's Adam: A Masterpiece Restored"
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lombardo, Tullio Italian Renaissance sculptors 1460 births 1532 deaths Republic of Venice artists 15th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors 16th-century Italian sculptors