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Tullio Lombardo (c. 1455 – November 17, 1532), also known as Tullio Solari, was an
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. He was the brother of Antonio Lombardo and son of Pietro Lombardo. 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 Pietro Mocenigo, executed with his father and brother, and the Monument to Doge Andrea Vendramin, an evocation of a Roman triumphal arch encrusted with decorative figures. His sculpture of Adam formed part of the monument, and is considered the first monumental classical nude since antiquity. Tullio also likely completed the funereal monument to Marco Cornaro in the Church of Santi Apostoli in Venice and the frieze in the Cornaro Chapel of the Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari. He also participated in the work to decorate Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Venice. The funeral monument to Doge Giovanni Mocenigo (r. 1478-1485), in San Giovanni e Paolo, is also attributed to Tullio Lombardo. Monument to Doge Giovanni Mocenigo
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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 1450s births 1532 deaths Republic of Venice artists 15th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors 16th-century Italian sculptors