Early Life and Veronese Roots Giovanni di Rigino, a name resonating softly through the annals of Trecento sculpture, emerged from the vibrant artistic milieu of Verona in approximately 1315 or 1320. His origins were deeply embedded within a family tradition of stone carving; he was the son of Rigino di Enrico, a master *lapicida* – a skilled stonecutter. This familial connection undoubtedly laid the foundation for Giovanni’s future path, immersing him from an early age in the tactile world of marble and the meticulous craft of sculpting. Verona itself, under the rule of the Scaliger family,…