doge, Leonardo Loredan. His model for the rebuilding of the Scuola Vecchia della Misericordia in Venice was provisionally accepted by the Scuola in 1507, but little progress was made with the project and in 1531, after Leopardi's death, it was superseded by Sansovino's model, although this also was never completed. Later, he was engaged on the new church of Santa Giustina in Padua. After the disastrous fire at the Rialto in January 1514 he was one of the four architects who submitted models for the rebuilding of the area, but the contract was given to Scarpagnino. References Books mentioned in the notes Howard, Deborah: Jacopo Sansovino Architecture and Patronage in Renaissance Venice (Yale University. Press. 1975) Lorenzetti, Giulio: Venice and its Lagoon (1926. 2nd edn 1956) translated by John Guthrie (Lint, Trieste. 1975) Perocco, Guido & Antonio Salvadori: Civiltà di Venezia. Vol.2: Il Rinascimento. (3rd edition, revised and corrected. Venice. 1987) Pope-Hennessy, John: Italian Renaissance Sculpture (London 1958) Notes External links Alessandro Leopardi in Enciclopedie on line bei treccani.it Republic of Venice sculptors 15th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors 16th-century Italian sculptors Republic of Venice architects