Francesco Contin
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Francesco Contin (1585, Lugano, Switzerland โ 1654 Venice, Italy) was a Swiss-Italian sculptor and architect.
Contin designed the Palazzo Mocenigo Casa Vecchia on the Grand Canal in Venice, built between 1623 and 1625. He designed the interior of the Church of San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti in Venice (1634โ37).[1]
Sources
- Italian Wikipedia: it:Francesco Contin.
References
- ^ "San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti". [Churchesofvenice.co.uk/castello.htm Castello]. [churchesofvenice.co.uk/ The Churches of Venice], UK. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
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- 1585 births
- 1654 deaths
- Artists from Lugano
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