- Bartolommeo Genga
Bartolommeo Genga (1518-1558) was an Italian architect who was born in Cesena, Italy. He was the son of
Girolamo Genga (1467-1551) and the brother-in-law ofGiovanni Battista Belluzzi (1506-1554). At 20 years of age, Bartolommeo went to Florence, to continue the studies he commenced with his father. In Florence, he befriendedGiorgio Vasari (1511-1574) andBartolomeo Ammanati (1511-1592). After spending three years in Florence, he returned to his father, who was then building the church of San Giovanni Battista inPesaro . Upon the death of his father in 1551, Bartolommeo assumed his father’s position with Duke Francesco Maria I della Rovere. Bartolommeo continued the building of San Giovanni Battista and built the Palace of Pesaro. He died in Malta at age forty in 1558.References
* Portoghesi, Paolo, "Dizionario enciclopedico di architettura e urbanistica", Roma, Istituto Editorale Romano, 1968-1969.
* Thieme, Ulrich and Felix Becker, "Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart", Reprint of 1907 edition, Leipzig, Veb E.A. Seemann Verlag, 1980-1986.
* Vasari, Giorgio, "Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori", many editions and translations.
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