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Girolamo Campagna (1549-1625) was a sculptor of the 16th century, active mainly in northern Italy.
Born in Verona, he moved to Venice in 1572 and studied with both Jacopo Sansovino and Danese Cattaneo, completing many of the latter's works.
After the master's death, Campagna went to Padua where he obtained the commission intended for Cattaneo in the Basilica of Sant'Antonio di Padova. This was his first masterpiece, a bas-relief of the saint bringing a slain man back to life.
A few years later, Campagna created the bronze tabernacle in the Basilica of Sant'Antonio in Padua, in the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament (also known as the Gattamelata Chapel).
Most of his life was spent in Venice, where he created most of his works. Read the full biography

Girolamo Campagna (1549-1625) was a sculptor of the 16th century, active mainly in northern Italy.
Born in Verona, he moved to Venice in 1572 and studied with both Jacopo Sansovino and Danese Cattaneo, completing many of the latter's works.
After the master's death, Campagna went to Padua where he obtained the commission intended for Cattaneo in the Basilica of Sant'Antonio di Padova. This was his first masterpiece, a bas-relief of the saint bringing a slain man back to life.
A few years later, Campagna created the bronze tabernacle in the Basilica of Sant'Antonio in Padua, in the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament (also known as the Gattamelata Chapel).
Most of his life was spent in Venice, where he created most of his works. Among the most important works are the colossal sculptural group of San Sebastiano at the Venice Mint, the figures of the Virgin Mary, the Archangel Gabriel and the patron saints of Venice, in relief on the Rialto Bridge, the bronze group of Christ on a globe, supported by the Four Evangelists and a Madonna for the second altar in the left nave of San Giorgio Maggiore and the statues of San Rocco (earthly room), San Giovanni Battista and San Sebastiano (upper room) at the Scuola Grande di San Rocco.
At the end of the 16th century he was the most famous sculptor in Venice and the most important works in the lagoon city were commissioned to him.