Lombardo (family)

Lombardo, the name of a family of Venetian sculptors and architects; their surname was apparently Solaro, and the name of Lombardo was given to the earliest known, Martino, who emigrated from Lombardy to Venice in the middle of the 15th century and became celebrated as anarchitect.

Martino Lombard had two sons, Moro and Pietro, of whom the latter (c. 1435-1515) was one of the greatest sculptors and architects of his time, while his sons Antonio (d. 1516) and Tullio (d. 1559) were hardly less celebrated.

Pietro

Pietro's work as an architect is seen in numerous churches, the Vendramini-Calargi palace (1481), the "doge" 's palace (1498), the facade (1485) of the scuola of St. Mark's, Venice and the cathedral of Cividale dei Friuli (1502); but he is now more famous as a sculptor, often in collaboration with his sons; he executed the tomb of the "doge" Mocenigo (1478) in the church of San Giovanni e Paolo at Venice, and a "bas-relief" for the tomb of Dante at Ravenna, and in 1483 began the beautiful decorations in the church of Sta Maria de' Miracoli at Venice, which is associated with his workshop.

Antonio

Antonio's masterpiece is the marble relief of St. Anthony making a new-born child speak in defence of its mother's honour, in the Santo at Padua (1505).

Tullio

Tullio's best-known works are the four kneeling angels (1484) in the Church of San Martino, Venice, a coronation of the Virgin Mary in San Giovanni Crisostomo and two "bas-reliefs" in the Santo, Padua, besides two others formerly in the Spitzer collection, representing "Vulcan's Forge" and Minerva disputing with Neptune.

ee also

*Santo Stefano di Venezia
*San Salvador di Venezia
*Basilica di San Zanipolo
*Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari

References

*1911