Tullio Lombardo
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Tullio Lombardo (c. 1455-1532) was a Venetian sculptor who produced some of the most classically refined marble work of the Italian Renaissance. Son of the architect-sculptor Pietro Lombardo, he worked primarily in Venice and the Veneto, contributing to major church and palace projects throughout the region.
His double portrait relief of a couple at the Ca' d'Oro, sometimes called Bacchus and Ariadne, demonstrates an almost archaeological devotion to classical Roman sculpture. His Adam (c. 1490-95) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, originally from the Vendramin tomb in Venice, was the first life-sized nude marble figure since antiquity. It shattered in 2002 when its pedestal collapsed, then was painstakingly restored over a decade.
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About Tullio Lombardo
Lombardo's Adam (c. 1490-95) at the Met is considered the first life-sized classical nude marble since antiquity. His work reflects a deep study of ancient Roman sculpture filtered through Venetian Renaissance sensibility.
In October 2002, the marble Adam shattered into 28 pieces when its display pedestal collapsed at the Metropolitan Museum. A 12-year conservation project restored it, and it went back on view in 2014.
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