Italian woodcarver Andrea Brustolon had gone to Venice in 1677 for a year of training, moving to Rome in 1678.

Returning to Venice in 1680, he engaged in decorative carving for several churches and created his outstanding works, the furniture for the Venier di San Vio and Correr di San Simeone families; these walnut and ebony pieces are decorated with elaborately carved figures.

Known for his furniture in the flamboyant Venetian Baroque style, characterized by extravagant curves and lavish ornamentation, Brustolon returns to his birthplace, Belluno, in 1685 and devotes himself mainly to work for religious uses, usually in wood but occasionally in ivory.