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The interior façade of the Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo is taken up by the mausoleum of the Mocenigo family. The monument to Giovanni Mocenigo (died 1485) was carved in Carrara marble by Tullio Lombardo. Behind the recumbent effigy of the doge, is a low-relief: Giovanni Mocenigo presented by St John the Baptist to the Virgin, whilst an angel offers St Teodoro the doge's crown. On the front of the sarcophagus are three low-reliefs perhaps representing the conquered cities of the delta area of the river Po. On either side are statues representing two Virtues and on the basement are two low-reliefs: the Baptism of Christ and St Mark Baptising St Anianus, wife and baby boy.
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