Antonio Lombardo (sculptor)
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c.1516 Antonio Lombardo - Venus Anadyomène
Peace Establishing her Reign, bronze of c. 1512 in the National Gallery of Art
Antonio Lombardo (Venice c. 1458 – Ferrara 1516) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor, brother of Tullio Lombardo and son of Pietro Lombardo. He was born in Venice. The Lombardo family worked together to sculpt church decorations and tombs. He died in Ferrara, where he worked as marble master for Duke Alfonso I.[1] Lombardo also worked in bronze, and his output encompasses secular and mythological subjects as well as sacred pieces.
[edit] References
- ^ Norbert Huse (1993). The Art of Renaissance Venice: Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting, 1460-1590. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0226361098.
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