Gabriele Tadino

Gabriele Tadino (c. 1476–1543) was an Italian soldier and military engineer born near Bergamo. He entered Venetian service in 1508 and in 1513 took charge of Crema's fortifications. In 1522 he helped defend Rhodes against the Ottomans as superintendent of the Order's fortresses, losing his right eye to an arquebus shot while inspecting them.

In 1532 he commanded imperial artillery at Vienna when Suleiman's army turned back. Titian portrayed him in 1538 in the black robe of a Hospitaller knight. He died at Venice in 1543.