Artist

(active 1673, Treviso, d. 1695, Venezia)

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Italian sculptor. He was the main representative of a family of sculptors and architects originating in Treviso that included his father Leonardo Comin (active late 16th century-early 17th), his brother Francesco Comin (active 1658-1681) and his son Andrea Comin (c. 1676-after 1703). He is first recorded in 1673, when he was asked to submit a drawing for the altar of the Rosario, San Nicolò, Treviso, with which his father and brother had been involved. Between 1673 and 1678 he moved to Venice. His first documented work is the marble figure of Rachel with two groups of putti for the altar of the Innocenti, San Giustina, Padua, commissioned from him in 1679; this work is influenced by the Baroque art of such sculptors as Arrigo Marengo (Heinrich Meyring) and Bernardo Falcone, yet shows a more academic restraint. For the same church Comin executed the marble statue of St Julian and two groups of marble putti for the altar dedicated to the saint (1680). Together with Marengo and Michele Ungaro (Michele Fabris), followers of Josse De Corte, Comin was also commissioned in 1680 to execute St Luke and a Bishop Saint (San Nicolò, Venice). From 1680 he divided his time between Treviso and Venice. Around 1690 he completed the Marchetti mausoleum, commissioned by Antonio Marchetti to commemorate his father Pietro and brother Domenico, in the basilica of Sant'Antonio (Il Santo), Padua. This is a tumultuous Baroque work, but in 1693, when he was commissioned to execute a monument to Pope Benedict XI (San Nicolò, Treviso), sculpted in Istrian stone and black and white marble, Comin returned to a more balanced style. //

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Category	Artists
Artists by letter	C
Artist nationality	Italian