ASPETTI, TIZIANO. – Sculptor, born in Padua in 1565 and died in Pisa in 1607. He remained consistently within the sphere of Tuscan Mannerism, particularly that of Giambologna, tempered only in his early Venetian works by a certain naturalistic sense derived from Vittoria. His works are preserved in the Palazzo Ducale and in S. Francesco della Vigna in Venice: two statues of Virtues, and two of Moses and St. Paul (signed); in the Cathedral of Padua there remain figures of saints inspired by Donatello, scenes from the Martyrdom of St. Daniel, and in S. Trinita in Florence a relief with the Martyrdom of St. Lawrence, as well as numerous small bronze statuettes in public and private collections.
BIBL.: A. Moschetti, s. V. in Thieme-Becker, II, p. 193; L. Planiscig, Venezianische Bildhauer der Renaissance, Vienna 1921 (v. index); M. Benacchio Flores D’Arcais, Vita e opere di T. A., Padua 1940. Maria Donati