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LOMBARDO, Pietro: Monument of Pietro Mocenigo

🖼 Monument of Pietro Mocenigo, 1476-81
Istrian stone and marble
Venice, Italy

Soaring marble relief depicts a military commander enthroned amid ornate Renaissance architecture, flanked by virtues and classical columns. Lombardo's monument revolutionized Venetian commemorative sculpture, establishing the wall tomb as a statement of civic power and artistic innovation.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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