San Giobbe is one of the first examples of Renaissance architecture in Venice. It is located well behind the train station in quiet part of Cannaregio. The church was built around 1443 by Fra Bernardino of Siena with a grant by Doge Cristoforo Moro. Doge Moro and his wife Cristina Sanudo are buried on the floor inside. The church designer was Antonio Gambello. The building project was stopped, then started again and completed by Pietro Lombardo.
Pietro Lombardo
b. as Pietro Solari 1435 - d. 1515
Lombardo was a sculptor and architect who came to Venice from Lombardy, the region around Milan. He and his workshop, which included his sons Tullio and Antonio, produced many fine tombs for Venetian churches. Pietro designed the elegant Santa Maria dei Miracoli and the Scuola Grande de San Marco, next to Giovanni e Paolo church. His workshop, including his sons, carved the extensive surface decoration on the Renaissance courtyard facade of the Ducal Palace. He designed the courtyard screen for the Scuola of San Giovanni Evangelista, and the Palazzo Vendramin (1500-1509).
Antonio (di Marco) Gambello
Active 1458 - 1481
Gambello was an architect and sculptor. His imprint is in the re-design of San Zaccaria in Venice, for which he is credited with the lower portion of the facade and the altar area and radiating chapels, all of which have a distinctly Gothic feeling. His name has also been associated with the land gate of the Arsenale, and with the church of San Giobbe, though there are no documents to prove his designs for those structures.
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1) Exterior - Built by by Fra Bernardino of Siena [82]
