Recent restoration work in St. Mark’s parish church in Tomba di Mereto has made it possible to see Giulio
Urbani’s (post 1570) frescos much better. These paintings are in the vault of the old church. The restoration
also allowed us to attribute the altar-piece with St. Antony from Padua to Giuseppe Buzzi, a prolific Friulan
painter from San Daniele, whose signature has been found in the picture whit the date (1738). The altar-piece
was attributed until then to an anonymous local painter. Great visibility has also been given to the painting
with the Sacred Family and St Anne (circa 1820) whit the signature at the bottom of the picture and initials
on its back by Leopoldo Zuccolo, a painter from Udine, a typical exponent of the author’s poetic language. He
was an important protagonist of Friulan culture in the 18th century.
