giovanni antonio amadeo was an italian early renaissance sculptor, architect, and engineer.amadeo was born in pavia. in 1470 he was commissioned by bartolomeo colleoni to complete his funerary chapel, the cappella colleoni in bergamo, which had been begun by guiniforte and francesco solari. amadeo added polychrome decoration and many sculptures in the ancient style including medallions, small columns, busts, reliefs of "histories from the old testament" and "histories of hercules". amadeo also designed the funerary monument to medea colleoni, which was intended for the church of santa maria d…