Ivan Duknovic
(Giovanni Duknovich, Giovanni Dalmata or Ioannes Dalmata)
He was born in Vinišće, a Dalmatian village in Croatia around 1440 and came to Rome between 1460 and 1465 to work for Pope Paul II on the Palazzo di Venezia. Other works in and around Rome include: the Tempietto S. Giacomo in Vicovaro near Tivoli, the tomb of Cardinal Bartolomeo della Rovere in San Clemente and the tomb of Cardinal Bernardo Eroli (now Grotte Vaticane). His relief of the Virgin with a Child is placed today above the Tomb of Pope John Paul II in St. Peters Basilica in Rome.
Around 1488–1490, Duknović went to the Court of King Matthias Corvinus in Buda, where he stayed for a few years, mastering a number of works which are unfortunately all either completely destroyed or badly damaged (e.g. the Fountain of Hercules in Visegrád).
statue of St. John the Evangelist in the Orsini chapel in Trogir Cathedral
Virgin with Child in Trogir Museum
Putto bearing the Cippico shield and torch
His relief of the Virgin with a Child is placed today above the Tomb of Pope John Paul II in St. Peters Basilica in Rome.
Giovanni Dalmata: Beatrice of Aragon and King Matthias Corvinus
Around 1488–1490, Duknovich went to the Court of King Matthias Corvinus in Buda, where he stayed for a few years, mastering a number of works which are unfortunately all either completely destroyed or badly damaged (e.g. the Fountain of Hercules in Visegrád).
The touch of master Ivan Duknovic is felt on the south large portal. The portal of the old smaller palace is decorated with three-light windows, and by them is a relief of the head of the poet and humanist, also the work of Ivan Duknovic.
Cipiko family was the city's most prominent family at the 15th century. The more charismatic and famous member of the fellowship was the Venetian admiral called Koriolan.
Anonimo , Duknovich Giovanni - sec. XV - Vicovaro, Tempietto di S. Giacomo Maggiore, portale, lunetta sopra l'ingresso