Pietro Lombardo: Graf van Pietro Mocenigo in Saint John and Paul (Venetië)
Pietro Lombardo (Carona in the Duchy of Milan, ca. 1435 - Venice, June 1515) is considered to be one of the most important Italian architects and sculptors of Venice during the Italian Renaissance. He was the father of Tullio Lombardo and Antonio Lombardo.
One of his earliest works is the monument to Antonio Roselli (1464-67) in the San Antonio church in Padua. In 1467 he moved to Venice where he became a leading architect of monuments and buildings.
In the late 15th century, Pietro Lombardo, with the help of his sons, sculpted many Venetian tombs, including those of Dante Alighieri (1482 in Ravenna), Doge Pasquale Malipiero and Pietro Mocenigo. He was also the architect and principal sculptor for the church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli in Venice in the period 1481-1489, the San Marco Scuola Grande, and San Giobbe in the same city. The tomb of the Zanetti family (1485, in the Treviso Cathedral) is considered one of its most important monuments. He also portrayed saints and the Virgin Mary on the walls of some Roman Catholic churches.
American poet Ezra Pound first mentioned him in verse 27 of his Canto XLV in a list of Italian renaissance artists he admired.
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