Antonio da Sangallo the Younger

Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (April 12, 1484 – August 3, 1546), born Antonio Cordiani, was an Italian architect active during the Italian Renaissance. Sangallo was born in Florence. His grandfather Francesco Giamberti was a woodworker, and his uncles Giuliano and Antonio da Sangallo were noted architects of the time. He went while very young to Rome, and became a pupil of Bramante, of whose style he was afterwards a close follower. He lived and worked in Rome during the greater part of his life, and was much employed by several of the popes. He designed the brick and travertine church of Santa Maria di Loreto. The lower order is square in plan, the next octagonal; and the whole is surmounted by a fine dome and lofty lantern. The...