03 — ARTWORK
Monument to Pietro Roccabonella (fragment)
- MEDIUM
- Bronze
- TYPE
- Religious
PALETTE
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COMMENTARY
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Bellano's monument to Pietro Roccabonella (d. 1491) in San Francesco, Padua, was completed by Andrea Riccio in 1498 after Bellano's death. The tomb has not survived in its original form, but two large bronzeAn alloy of copper (usually about 90 per cent) and tin, often also containing small amounts of other metals such as lead or zinc. Since antiquity it has been the metal most commonly used in cast sculpture because of its strength, durability, and the fact that it is easily workable - both hot and cold - by a variety of processes. It is easier to cast than copper because it has a lower melting-point, and its great tensile strength makes possible the protrusion of unsupported parts - an advantage over marble sculpture. The colour of bronze is affected by the proportion of tin or other metals present, varying from silverish to a rich, coppery red, and its surface beauty can be enhanced when it acquires a patina. reliefs, one of the Virgin and Child with Sts Anthony of Padua and Peter Martyr and the other showing Roccabonella in his study, and two bronze statuettes of putti formed part of it and are still in the church. The second reliefA sculptural work in which all or part projects from the flat surface. There are three basic forms: low relief (bas-relief, basso rilievo), in which figures project less than half their depth from the background; medium relief (mezzo-rilievo), in which figures are seen half round; and high relief (alto rilievo), in which figures are almost detached from their background. was a model for other scholars' tombs in the early 16th century.
Pietro Roccabonella was a well known professor of medicine in Padua.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Monument to Pietro Roccabonella (fragment) by BELLANO, Bartolommeo},
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date = {2026-09-13},
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urldate = {2026-09-13},
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}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
