Tommaso Rues

Tommaso Rues (1636 – 1703) was a

He was born in Bruneck in the Southern Tyrol to a local sculptor, but by the age of 14 arrived in Venice as apprentice to a tailor, but soon apprenticed to the wood carver Giovanni Hach. He worked with Hach for eight years, but then became one of a group of sculptors active at times under the leadership of the Flemish Josse de Corte, including Heinrich Meyring, Giovanni Bonazza, Michele Fabris (l’Ongaro), and Melchior Barthel. Barthel was a close friend. Tommaso died in Venice.^[1]

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  Francis of Assisi - Il Redentore, in Venice
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  Elijah -

  Santa Maria dei Carmini

  in Venice

Statues depicting Evangelists John, Mark, Luke and Matthew in Santa Maria della Salute

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