LOMBARDO, Tullio
(b. ca. 1460, d. 1532, Venezia)

Monument of Andrea Vendramin (detail)

1480-95
Marble
Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice

In the supporting figures which now fill the niches that were originally occupied by Adam and Eve, the heads are treated in the same spirit as that of Adam. The picture shows the hard, boldly modelled features of the figure on the left.