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LOMBARDO, Pietro: Monument to Doge Niccolò Marcello

🖼 Monument to Doge Niccolò Marcello, 1481-85
Marble
Venice, Italy

Marble relief captures the doge in formal dignitas, framed by classical architectural elements and intricate carved details. Lombardo's monument exemplifies Renaissance revival of Roman commemorative traditions, establishing the sculptural tomb as Venice's dominant civic monument form.

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E. H. Gombrich
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