Baccio Pontelli

Baccio Pontelli (* around 1450 in Florence , † 1492 in Urbino ) was an Italian architect of the Renaissance . He specialized in fortifications, but also worked on numerous churches. Giorgio Vasari called him the court architect of Pope Sixtus IV.

After Sixtus' death, Pontelli went to the court of the Duke of Urbino, where, among other things, he worked on the completion of the Ducal Palace.

Works

• Planning of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican , which, however, was realized by Giovannino De'Dolci
• Ponte Sisto , a bridge in Rome (not secured)
• The fortress of Civitavecchia
• The Castello Giulio II in Ostia , a fortification to secure the mouth of the Tiber
• The Santa Aurea Church in Ostia
• Reconstruction of the church of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome
• Portico of the Church of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome (not secured)
• Portico of the Church of Santi XII Apostoli in Rome
• Renovation of the Church of Santa Maria della Pace in Rome (1471)
• The Church of San Pietro in Montorio in Rome
• Cloister of San Giovanni dei Genovesi in Rome (not secured)
• Campanile of the Church of Santo Spirito in Sassia in Rome (not secured)
• Collaboration at the Ducal Palace in Urbino
• Courtyard and portico of the Ducal Palace in Camerino
• Cloister of the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Senigallia
• The two defense towers of the Aragonese Castle in Reggio Calabria
• Palazzo Della Rovere , noble palace on Via della Conciliazione , Rome (1480–1490)

Web links

Commons : Baccio Pontelli  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Baccio Pontelli. In: arch INFORM .
• Baccio Pontelli on www.info.roma.it (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ … fu appresso di papa Sisto IIII Baccio Pintelli fiorentino, il quale per lo ingegno suo nella architettura meritò che il predetto papa in ogni sua impresa se ne servisse .
2. ^ Johann David Passavant, Rafael von Urbino and his father Giovanni Santi