SCARPAGNINO, ABBONDI, ANTONIO detto lo. –
Architect and stonemason, b. in Milan and d. in Venice
at a very advanced age in 1549.
The first documents concerning him refer to his work as builder of the Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice, the city where he carried out the rest of his activity as an architect, but also as executor of buildings designed by others. Among his constructions are: the bell tower of S. Sebastiano (1506–48), the Fabbriche Vecchie of Rialto (1520–22), the church of S. Giovanni Elemosinario, the upper part of the façade and the grand staircase of the Scuola di S. Rocco (1535–49), and the elevation of the Palazzo Ducale toward the Cortiletto dei Senatori. He also worked on the restoration of the ancient Ponte di Rialto after the fire of 1513 and on that of the Ponte della Pietra in Verona.