Lombardo was born in
Ferrara, the son of the architect and sculptor
Antonio Lombardo, and also was the brother of
Lodovico and
Aurelio, also sculptors. He studied and began in his father's workshop in Ferrara, then subsequently traveled to
Venice to continue training with
Jacopo Sansovino, with which, between 1532 and 1540, he worked in the
Biblioteca Marciana in the Loggia of the bell tower of Saint Mark's in Venice. Lombardo is documented in
Loreto, Marche since 1543, where for some years he was active with his brother Aurelio and where they were in 1550 also reached the third brother, Lodovico. Around 1552 he moved with his brothers and opened their own foundry and workshop in
Recanati, passing the Venetian mature technique to all operators of the workshop. The school sculptural continued in subsequent generations with
Tiburzio Vergelli,
Antonio Calcagni,
Sebastiano Sebastiani,
Tarquinio Jacometti and
Pier Paolo Jacometti. His sons Anthony, Peter and Paul, also became sculptors and bronze founders. ==References==