About Jacopo Colonna
Lived 1504 – 1540 (aged 35–36). Jacopo Colonna was an Italian sculptor.
Jacopo Colonna or Giacomo Fantoni (died 1540) was an Italian sculptor active in the Renaissance.
Born in Venice, he was a pupil of Jacopo Sansovino. He completed a St Jerome statue for the church of San Salvatore, a weeping Christ now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia of Venice. In Padua he completed a St. Anthony in stucco. He was commissioned by Luigi Cornaro, stucco depictions of Minerva, Diana, and Venus, as well as a statue of Mars. He died at Bologna in 1540.
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Who was Jacopo Colonna?
Italian artist (1504-1540)
When was Jacopo Colonna born?
Jacopo Colonna was born in 1504 in Bologna, Venice.
When did Jacopo Colonna die?
Jacopo Colonna died in 1540 in Bologna.
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Jacopo Colonna was a sculptor.
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Jacopo Colonna was Italian.
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· DBpedia: Jacopo Colonna (sculptor)
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