Giovanni Cristoforo Romano
- Giovanni Cristoforo Romano
Giovanni Cristoforo or Giancristoforo Romano (1456 - 1512) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and medallist.
Born in Rome to Isaia da Pisa, he was probably a pupil of Andrea Bregno. He first known works are in the Ducal Palace of Urbino, dating from before 1482. Later he worked as medallist for the courts of Ferrara and Mantua, where he was a favourite of duchess Isabella d'Este.
In 1491 he moved to Milan called by Isabella's brother-in-law Ludovico Sforza, who commissioned him the tomb of Gian Galeazzo Visconti at the Certosa di Pavia, which he executed in collaboration with Benedetto Briosco. After the fall of the Sforza (1499) he returned to work for Isabella d'Este, for which he executed some fine medals and the precious marble portal of her study in the Ducal Palace of Mantua.
Later he sojourned in Rome (called by Pope Julius II), Naples, Cremona, and again Milan and Urbino.
He died in 1512.
References
* Giorgio Vasari, "Le vite"
* A. Venturi, "Studi su G.C.R. scultore" in "Atti del I congresso nazionale di studi romani", Roma 1929
* R. Bossaglia, "La scultura", in "La Certosa di Pavia", a cura di M. G. Albertini Ottolenghi, R. Bossaglia, F. R. Pesenti, Milano 1968
* A. Nova, "Dall'arca alle esequie. Aspetti della scultura a Cremona nel XVI secolo", in "I Campi e la cultura artistica cremonese del cinquecento", Milano 1985
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