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LOMBARDO
, the name of a See also: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 See also:Lombardy to See also:Venice in the See also:middle of the 15th See also:century and became celebrated as an architect
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He had two sons, See also:Moro and Pietro, of whom the latter (c
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1435-1515) was one of the greatest sculptors and architects of his See also:time, while his sons See also:Antonio (d
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1516) and Tullio (d
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1559) were hardly less celebrated
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Pietro's See also:work as an architect is seen in numerous churches, the Vendramini-Calargi See also:palace (1481), the See also:doge's palace (1498), the See also:facade (x485) of the scuola of St See also:Mark and the See also:cathedral of Cividale del See also:Friuli (1502); but he is now more famous as a sculptor, often in collaboration with his sons; he executed the See also:tomb of the doge See also:Mocenigo (1478) in the See also: |
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