Alessandro Leopardo or Leopardi? (d. ca. 1512), Italian sculptor, was born and died at Venice. His first known work is the imposing mausoleum of the doge Andrea Vendramini, now in the church of San Giovanni e Paolo; in this he had the cooperation of Tullio Lombardo, but the finest parts are Leopardo's. Some of the figures have been taken away, and two in the Berlin museum are considered to be certainly his work. Location within Italy Venice (Italian: Venezia), the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice, 45°26′ N 12°19′ E, population 271,663 (census estimate 2004-01-01). ... A mausoleum is a large and impressive tomb, usually constructed for a deceased leader. ... The chief office in the historical city states of Venice and Genoa was the Doge (from the Latin dux--leader). ... This article is about the city in Germany. ...
He was exiled on a charge of fraud in 1487, and recalled in 1490 by the senate to finish Verrocchio's colossal statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni. He worked between 1503 and 1505 on the tomb of Cardinal Zeno at St. Mark's, which was finished in 1515 by Pietro Lombardo and in 1505 he designed and cast the bronze sockets for the three flagstaffs in the square of St. Mark's, the antique character of the decorations suggesting some Greek model. Categories: Artist stubs | 1435 births | 1488 deaths | Italian painters | Italian sculptors ... Bartolomeo Colleoni (1400-1475), Italian condottiere (soldier of fortune), was born at Bergamo. ... St. ... Assorted ancient bronze castings found as part of a cache, probably intended for recycling. ...
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