St. Christopher is in the center above the main door. Figures of the Annunciation; Gabriel and the Virgin, are at the outer supports. The statue of Christopher is thought to be by the Florentine sculptor Nicolo di Giovanni, and the Annunciation figures are likely by Antonio Rizzo from about 1480.
Antonio Rizzo
b. Verona before 1440 - d. 1499 or after
Rizzo first practiced his art in Verona, and was recognized there. By 1465 he was in Venice, where he was commissioned to do 3 marble altars for San Marco. He designed the Tron monument in the Frari church in the 1470's. His design for the facade on the east wing of the Ducal Palace, including the Giant's Staircase, was his architectural masterpiece. The large marble sculptures of Adam and Eve on the Foscari Arch facing the Giant's staircase (now conserved inside the Ducal Palace) were also Rizzo's. The Ducal Palace courtyard project, however, proved his undoing. Rizzo was accused of embezzling part of the payment for the project for his personal use, and he had to flee Venice in 1498.
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1) Madonna dell'Orto Façade - Umiliati - Secular Clergy of San Giorgio in Alga [404]
