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Giuliano da Sangallo

Giuliano da Sangallo (c.1443-1516) was a Florentine sculptor and architect active during the Italian Renaissance. His father Francesco Giamberti , was a woodworker and his brother Antonio da Sangallo the Elder and nephew Antonio da Sangallo the Younger were architects. Giuliano was the preferred architect of Lorenzo de' Medici, so a significant number of his commissions came from the Medici.

Giuliano's work includes:

  • Villa Medici at Poggio a Caiano , near Florence (1485), noteworthy for its pedimented portico is strongly influenced by Vitruvius and Alberti
  • Santa Maria delle Carceri in Prato (1485)
  • Tomb of Francesco Sassetti (1485-90) in San Trinità, Florence
  • Palazzo della Rovere at Savona (1496)




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