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

Madonna del Parto

1518
Marble, over lifesize
S. Agostino, Rome

Sansovino sculpted the marble Madonna del Parto for its niche designed by him in S. Agostino. The figure of the Virgin was based on a Classical prototype.