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Sculptors

Alessandro Leopardi's flagstaffs, Piazza S. Marco

Although Venice's sculptors never reached the heights of their Tuscan cousins (could a lack of marble close to hand have had something to do with it?), they've left the city some gems.

Bartolomeo Bon

Master of Venetian Gothic

Giovanni Bon

Gothic refinement

Andre Brustolon

Rococco chiseller

Antonio Canova

Neoclassical rock star

Jacopo and Pier Paolo Dalle Masegne

Two of Venice's earliest sculptors

Antonio Gambello

The first Renaissance architect in Venice

Guglielmo de’ Grigi

A versatile sculptor and architect

Alessandro Leopardi

Man of bronze

Antonio Lombardo

Son of Pietro, brother of Tullio

Pietro Lombardo

Lombardo clan pater

Tullio Lombardo

Renaissance marble master

Giovanni Maria Morlaiter

Venice's Rococo chisel master

Filippo Parodi

Follower of Bernini

Antonio da Ponte

Bridge builder

Antonio Rizzo

Pure Renaissance architect

Nicolò Roccatagliata

Bronze sculptor from Genoa

Domenico Rossi

A Rococo pupil of Longhena

Tommaso Rues

Also spelled Ruer

Jacopo Sansovino

Master of the Venetian High Renaissance

Andriolo de’ Santi

Sculptor of a prototypical tomb

Andrea del Verrocchio

Only has one work in Venice, but it's a doozy

Alessandro Vittoria

Venice's Mannerist master

Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls

Image by Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls