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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 profile within an ornate Renaissance arch, flanked by classical columns and allegorical figures. Lombardo's monument epitomizes Venetian wealth and power, establishing the sculptural funerary style that dominated Renaissance Venice.

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E. H. Gombrich
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