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 with Raffaello da Montelupo . Together with the sculptor Lorenzetto he created the statue of Pope Clement VII in Rome for the choir of the Church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva and a Pietà for the Church of Santa Maria dell'Anima as well as a second Pietà for the Church of Santo Spirito in Florence.
He worked under Antonio da Sangallo on the construction of St. Peter's Basilica and later built palaces and private houses in various places as an architect.
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 of 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 & Clement VII, marble, Rome / S. Maria sopra Minerva, statues of St. Peter , St. Paul , John the Evangelist & John the Baptist , two reliefs, the two statues of the Pope were made by Nanni di Baccio Bigio and Raffaello da Montelupo , until 1541
- Reinforcements on the ramparts of Fano (Marche) and Civitavecchia
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bigio, Nanni di Baccio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lippi, Giovanni |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter, sculptor and architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1511 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Florence |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1568 |
| Place of death | Rome |