Tommaso Rues (1636 – 1703) was a Baroque sculptor active mainly in Venice; he contributed many of the statues outside of the church of the Salute. His works can be seen in a number of other Venetian churches including the Redentore, San Pantalon, and San Clemente.
Biography
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.
[ Tommaso Rues, 1636-1703 : a German sculptor in Baroque Venice : Hercules and Antaeus, by Maichol Clemente, from Academia.edu.]
(Venice) Giudecca - Chiesa del Redentore - Statua di San Francesco - Tommaso Rues.jpg|Francis of Assisi - Il Redentore, in Venice
Santa Maria dei Carmini (Venice) - Chapel of St. Anthony of Padua - Elijah by Tommaso Rues.jpg|Elijah - Santa Maria dei Carmini in Venice
