# SANGALLO, Giuliano da [View the canonical artist record]() ## Artist - Lifespan: 1445–1516 - Profession: architect - School: Italian ## Biography Italian architect, military engineer, sculptor and carver \(real name: Giuliano Giamberti\), member of a family of architects \(two brothers and their nephew: his brother Antonio da Sangallo the Elder and nephew Antonio da Sangallo the Younger were architects\). His son Francesco da Sangallo was a sculptor. His father Francesco Giamberti was a woodworker and builder of fortifications. Giuliano's masterpiece, a church of Greek-cross plan, Santa Maria delle Carceri in Prato \(1485-91\), was strongly influenced by Filippo Brunelleschi. He was the preferred architect of Lorenzo de' Medici \(the Magnificent\), so a significant number of his commissions came from the Medici. Following Brunelleschi's tradition, he participated in many projects: the Sacristy for the church Santo Spirito \(Florence, 1489\); Palazzo Gondi \(Florence, 1490\); tomb of Sassetti \(Florence, Santa Trinità, 1485-1488\); Villa Medici in Poggio a Caiano \(1480\), a new type of the Renaissance villa. After Bramante 's death he worked on St Peter's in Rome with Raphael and Fra Giocondo. As a military specialist, Giuliano worked at the fortifications of Val d'Elsa in Poggio Imperiale of Poggibonsi; as well as in Ostia, Nettuno, Arezzo, Sansepolcro. He was a late follower of Brunelleschi, interested in clarity and elegance of form. ## Related artworks - [Design for the façade of San Lorenzo, Florence]() - [Exterior]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Interior view]() - [Interior view]() - [Interior view]() - [Judith]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()