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Giacomo del Duca

1520 – 1604

Italian painter, architect, and sculptor

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Lived 1520 – 1604 (aged 83–84). Giacomo del Duca was an Italian architect, sculptor and landscape architect.

Giacomo Del Duca (c. 1520 – 1604) was an Italian sculptor and architect during the late-Renaissance or Mannerist period. He is most remembered for assisting Michelangelo in a number of projects in Rome, including the sculpture and construction of the tomb of Pope Julius II, completed in a highly truncated state relative to the original design, in San Pietro in Vincoli. He also modified Michelangelo's plans for buildings in the Capitoline Hill, one of the most famous and highest of the seven hills of Rome.

Also known as Jacobo Siciliano or Jacopo Del Duca, Giacomo del Duca was born in Cefalù, Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He also participated in the decoration of Porta Pia (1562) in Rome; the construction of the Palazzo Cornaro for the cardinal Alvise Cornaro; the construction of the Villa Mattei al Celio; and the completion of the nave substructure for the church of Santa Maria di Loreto (1573–1576). He helped design the church of Santa Maria in Trivio (1575). He also helped sculpt the tomb of Elena Savelli (1570) in San Giovanni in Laterano. In 1588, Del Duca returned to Sicily, and settled in Messina, where he completed a number of late mannerist structures, such as San Giovanni dei Gerolamini and the Loggia dei Mercanti. He died in Messina.

Jacopo del Duca is a character in Manuel Mujica Láinez's Bomarzo, a novel about the Orsini family and its sacred grove of monsters.

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Important facts

Born
1520, Cefalù
Birth century
Died
1604, Messina
Nationality
Also known as
Jacopo Ciciliano, Giacomo Del Duca, Jacopo del Duca, Jacopo Siciliano Duca, Jacopo Siciliano, Ciciliano Duca
moreJacobo Del Duca

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Who was Giacomo del Duca?

Italian painter, architect, and sculptor

When was Giacomo del Duca born?

Giacomo del Duca was born in 1520 in Cefalù.

When did Giacomo del Duca die?

Giacomo del Duca died in 1604 in Messina.

What was Giacomo del Duca's occupation?

Giacomo del Duca was an architect, sculptor and landscape architect.

What nationality was Giacomo del Duca?

Giacomo del Duca was Italian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Giacomo del Duca

· Wikidata: Q1522199

· DBpedia: Giacomo del Duca

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