Sebastiano Schiavone da Rovigno

Sebastiano Schiavone da Rovigno (literally: Sebastian the Slav from Rovigno) also known as Sebastiano Schiavone and Sebastiano da Rovigno, Bastian Virgola and nicknamed Zoppo

Biography He was born in Rovigno (today Rovinj, Croatia) in the Republic of Venice. While his name literally means "the Slav" and his origins are unknown, it has been argued that he was in fact Italian, since all people from "the other side of the water" were scornfully called as such (schiavoni) by Venetians. He joined the Dominican Order and in 1461 the Olivetans. Sebastian taught Giovanni the art of woodwork in the monastery of San Giorgio in Ferrara.

He is also said to have worked in the convent of Santa Maria in Organo with Giovanni. Some of them are in St Mark's Basilica. He worked on the old sacristy in St Mark together with Lorenzo Canozi of Lendinara in 1450.

Most of his work was dispersed. Because of this, it is difficult to determine how much influence he had on his pupil Giovanni da Verona.