Bartolomeo Ammannati

Bartolomeo di Antonio Ammanati (or Ammannati ) ( born June 18, 1511 Settignano or Florence, † April 13, 1592 in Florence ) was an Italian architect and sculptor. He was a pupil of Baccio Bandinelli (Florence) and Jacopo Sansovino (Venice), and later - under the influence of Michelangelo - one of the leading exponents of Mannerism in Florence. He was married to the poet Laura Battiferri, both are buried in the jointly planned and built the church of San Giovanni degli Scolopi in Florence.

Works

  • The Villa Giulia in Rome ( from 1552 together with Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola )
  • Wells for the Sala dei Cinquecento ( Hall of the Five Hundred ) in the Palazzo Vecchio ( 1555-1563 )
  • Palazzo Ruspoli (formerly Palazzo Rucellai, from 1556 )
  • The Palazzo Pitti in Florence ( extension 1560 )
  • The Fontana del Nettuno, Fountain of Neptune in Florence on the Piazza della Signoria (1563-1575)
  • The Palazzo Riccardi - Manelli in Florence (formerly Palazzo Grifoni, from 1563)
  • The Ponte Santa Trinita in Florence (1567-1570, destroyed in World War II, rebuilt )
  • The Palazzo Ducale in Lucca ( 1578, completed by F. Pini )
  • The Collegio Romano in Rome (1581-1585)
  • The San Giovannino degli Scolopi church in Florence (from 1581)
  • Statues in the Bargello
  • Statues in the Boboli Gardens
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