Jacopo Tatti aka Sansovino (architect and sculptor; 1486-1570)

Thomas Philologus Ravennas

The statue on the façade of the San Zulian church is not a saint, but an astrologer and doctor, who sold remedies for syphilis.

Posted in: Chatter, Monuments – great and small, Venetians.
Loggietta — Habiti d’huomeni et donne venetiane — 11

“Loggietta” from the “Habiti d’huomeni et donne venetiane”, published by Giacomo Franco, c. 1610.

Posted in: Habiti d’huomeni et donne venetiane — Giacomo Franco.