Nanni di Baccio Bigio

Nanni di Baccio Bigio, actually Giovanni Lippi (* 1511 ( ) in Florence; ? † 1568 in Rome ) was a Florentine sculptor and architect.

Life

Bigio studied sculpture at Raffaello da Montelupo. Together with the sculptor Lorenzetto he created in Rome the statue of Pope Clement VII for the choir of the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva and a Pietà for the church of Santa Maria dell'Anima and a second Pietà for the church of Santo Spirito in Florence.

He worked under Antonio da Sangallo the construction of St. Peter's Basilica and later built as an architect in various places palaces and private houses.

Bigio was a contemporary of Michelangelo; He was known for his polemical remarks about Michelangelo and his work.

Buildings

• Casale di San Pio V for Pope Pius V
• Santi Martino e Sebastiano degli Svizzeri, 1568
• Giardini Pensili the Palazzo del Monte in Monte San Savino
• Palazzo Salviati for Cardinal Bernardo Salviati
• Palazzo Salviati alla Lungara
• Palazzo del Commendatore in Santo Spirito in Sassia, Rome, 1567
• Villa Medici (Rome), 1564-1574
• Tombs of Pope Leo X and Clement VII, marble, Rome / S. Maria sopra Minerva, statues of St. Peter and St. Paul, John the Evangelist and John the Baptist, two reliefs, the two statues Pope by Nanni di Baccio were performed Bigio and Raffaello da Montelupo, to 1541
• Reinforcements to the city walls of Fano (Marche) and Civitavecchia

• Builder
• Architect of the Renaissance
• Sculptor ( Renaissance )
• Artists (Florence)
• Person ( Duchy of Tuscany)
• Born in the 16th century
• Died in 1568
• Man