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

Tomb of Niccolò Orsini di Pitigliano

1510s
Marble
Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice

Tullio Lombardo's statues of Prudence and Faith are flanking the wooden equestrian statue of Niccolò Orsini produced by Lorenzo Bregno.

Niccolò di Pitigliano (1442-1510) was an Italian condottiere best known as the Captain-General of the Venetians during the Most Serene Republic's war against the League of Cambrai. He was a member of the powerful feudal family of the Orsini, belonging to its Pitigliano line.