Baldassare Peruzzi ( Italian: Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi ; January 15, 1481 , Siena - January 6, 1536 , Rome ) - Italian architect and painter of the High Renaissance .
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| Birth name | Baldassare tommaso peruzzi |
| Date of Birth | January 15, 1481 |
| Place of Birth | Sienna |
| Date of death | January 6, 1536 (54 years old) |
| Place of death | Rome |
| Nationality |  Italy |
| Genre | architect and painter |
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Biography
He worked with Donato Bramante and Raphael at the Villa Farnesina . After the death of Raphael, he led the construction of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Its last building was the Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne in Rome ( 1532 - 1536 ).
Peruzzi is buried in the Roman Pantheon next to the grave of Raphael.
Painting
The Peruzzi brushes belong to the frescoes in Santa Maria della Pache , the Palazzo Madama , the Roman churches of Sant Onofrio al Gianicolo , San Pietro in Montorio and San Rocco. From the point of view of iconography of musical instruments, Peruzzi's polytype “Four Musical Gods” is interesting, which depicts Pan , Amphion , Musei and Marsyus (exhibited in the Louvre ).
Peruzzi in Russia
Peruci's drawing “ Androclus and the Lion ”, created based on the legends about the slave Androclus, is in the collection of the State Hermitage Museum .
Links
- Peruzzi, Baldassare // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Catholic Encyclopedia: Baldassare Peruzzi (English)
- Works in museums of the world