SANSOVINO, Jacopo
(b. 1486, Firenze, d. 1570, Venezia)

Apollo from the Loggetta of the Campanile

c. 1537-45
Bronze, height 147 cm
Piazza San Marco, Venice

Jacopo Sansovino left Rome after the Sack to pass most of the rest of his life in Venice. He brought with him Roman High Renaissance Classicism to which he remained faithful right up to his death. The figures on the Loggetta - among them Apollo - reflects this style.