Skip to the content
VALÉORINE London
Designer

Mauro Codussi

Mauro Codussi (1440–1504) was an Italian architect of the Renaissance, active mostly in Venice. The name is also rendered as Coducci. He was one of the first to bring the neo-classical style of the Renaissance to Venice to replace the prevalent Byzantine and Gothic styles. • Illustration — Ca' Vendramin Calergi, from 1481 Born near in Lenna, near Bergamo about 1440, he is first recorded in Venice in 1469, where he was working on the church of San Michele in Isola (completed in 1480), an island north of Venice, halfway to Murano, where Venice now has its cemetery.

Also recorded as Moretto da Bergamo Codussi · Moretto da Bergamo Coducci · Mauro di Codussis Coducci · Moro di Martino Codussi

In this articleReferencesBrowse the field

Mauro Codussi

Church of San Pietro di Castello, Venice; bell tower by architect Mauro Codussi.

Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0

Born
Mauro Codussi was born about 1440 (approximately).
Died
Mauro Codussi died on 23 April 1504.
Nationality
Republic of Venice
Occupation
architect · sculptor
Known for
San Michele in Isola · Santa Maria Mater Domini

VALÉORINE Encyclopedia

VALÉORINE documentary reading

Documentary summary

Mauro Codussi (1440–1504) was an Italian architect of the Renaissance, active mostly in Venice. The name is also rendered as Coducci. He was one of the first to bring the neo-classical style of the Renaissance to Venice to replace the prevalent Byzantine and Gothic styles. • Illustration — Ca' Vendramin Calergi, from 1481 Born near in Lenna, near Bergamo about 1440, he is first recorded in Venice in 1469, where he was working on the church of San Michele in Isola (completed in 1480), an island north of Venice, halfway to Murano, where Venice now has its cemetery.

Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE

Reference Check

Propose documentary evidence for Mauro Codussi. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.

Sign in to contribute

World of VALÉORINE

Documentary connections

Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.

Documentary evidence

Documentary basis

Authority files

wikidata · Q734053 · wikipedia · Mauro Codussi

In this article

  1. 01Biography
  2. 02Archives and collections
  3. 03Notes, references and evidence

The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.

Elsewhere in Design

11,558 published records in this field, each with its sources named.

Best supported in this field

Read the complete design index

For owners

Own a work by Mauro Codussi?

A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.

Request a valuationHow selling works