CATTANEO, DANESE DI MICHELE Italian sculptor, born at Colonnata, near Carrara, pupil of Jacopo Sansovino in Rome. It is said he was taken prisoner three times by the Imperialists during the "Sacco di Roma" in 1527. He fled to Florence, where he carved the marble bust of Alessandro de Medici ; and then joined Sansovino in Venice. He was employed by his master on sculptures for the Libreria di San Marco and the Zecca. Among his works in Venice are the "Apollo" crowning the fountain in the Zecca; the "St. Jerome" in San Salvatore, the figures on the tombs of Leon Loredano in SS. Giovanni e Paolo, and of Andrea Badoer in the Scuola di S. Giovanni Battista. He also worked in Padua for the church of Sant' Antonio. The fine bust of Cardinal Pietro Bembo (1547) placed on the tomb in that church is by his hand. At Verona he built the tomb of Gian Fregoso in S. Anastasia with the help of his distinguished pupil Gerol. Campagna. He returned to Padua in 1572, but death cut short his work on the reliefs for the Capella del Santo, which were completed by Campagna. Cattaneo was also a poet; his poems Gli Amori di Mar fisa (1562) were praised by Torquato Tasso. His writings were collected by his grandson Niccolo.