# PONZIO, Flaminio

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## Artist

- Lifespan: 1559–1613
- Profession: architect
- School: Italian

## Biography

Italian architect and sculptor. The protection of the Borghese family, in particular Pope Paul V, who nominated Ponzio the architect of the Vatican Palaces, assured him a great number of commissions for important architectural projects: enlarging of the Palazzo Borghese \(1605-1607\); Casino di Villa Borghese \(1609-1613\); Cappella Paolina in Santa Maria Maggiore \(1605-1611\); fountain Acqua Paola on the Janiculum \(1610, in collaboration with Giovanni Fontana \[1540-1614\]\); and the church San Sebastiano \(1612, finished by Giovanni Vasanzio \).

## Related artworks

- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ponzio-flaminio-r341fd31b277e7a/exterior-view-rb329719c0e8797>)
- [Tomb of Clement VIII](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ponzio-flaminio-r341fd31b277e7a/tomb-of-clement-viii-ra1f16762324514>)
- [Tomb of Clement VIII](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ponzio-flaminio-r341fd31b277e7a/tomb-of-clement-viii-rda7734539635ca>)
- [Tomb of Pope Paul V](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ponzio-flaminio-r341fd31b277e7a/tomb-of-pope-paul-v-r4616f823bfe3b2>)
- [View of the Pauline Chapel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ponzio-flaminio-r341fd31b277e7a/view-of-the-pauline-chapel-r73c60992de5504>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)