Venice. The Frari’s Basilica. Right transept. Monument dedicated to Jacopo Marcello. On the right of the transept there is the Monument to Jacopo Marcello, Commander of the Venetian fleet, killed on 31st March 1488 while leading the troops in the conquering Gallipoli. A marble oval surrounds the monument and renders it pleasing to the eye. In the centre, in Istrian stone on a “pavonazzetto” back-ground, stands an axtremely elaborate foliaged urn supported by three small deformed hunchbacks (as in Romanesque style) standing on Lombardesque corbels. Between the corbels there are two eagles framed by foliaged swangs. Above the urn stands the Fleet Commander, Jacopo Marcello, with a lance in his right hand and his left hand on his hip. He is wearing plated armour and stands between two pages who are holding Marcello’s shield which can also be seen between the three hunch-backs. The monument was attributed to Pietro Lombardo, but recent studies claim it was the work of Giovanni Buora (1450-1513). Uo above, the background to the monument in frescoed in Mantegnesque style. The fresco portrays the Triumph of the Hero (15th century).