Marco Solari
# Marco Solari

Marco Solari (c. 1355 – 1405) was a Swiss–Italian architect, engineer, and sculptor.

## Biography

Marco Solari often named Marco da Carona was born in the village of Carona, in what today is the Swiss canton of Ticino. He is the progenitor of the Solari da Carona family, a masonic Lombardian dynasty.

Solari is known as one of the chief architects of the Certosa di Pavia. Gian Galeazzo Visconti, hereditary lord and first Duke of Milan, first commissioned Solari as a chief architect of the Certosa di Pavia in 1396.

Solari is also known for his work as a master on Duomo of Milan starting in 1399.

## Genealogy

| | | | | Marco (active 1387–1405), Architect and Sculptor | Marco (active 1387–1405), Architect and Sculptor |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | Alberto | Alberto | Giovanni (Milan c. 1400 – 1482) Architect of Certosa di Pavia (1428–62) and the Duomo di Milano (1452–69) | Giovanni (Milan c. 1400 – 1482) Architect of Certosa di Pavia (1428–62) and the Duomo di Milano (1452–69) | Pietro | Pietro |
| | | Guiniforte (or Boniforte) (Milan 1429–1481) Architect of the Certosa di Pavia (1462–81) and the Duomo di Milano (1459–81) | Guiniforte (or Boniforte) (Milan 1429–1481) Architect of the Certosa di Pavia (1462–81) and the Duomo di Milano (1459–81) | Francesco (active 1446–1469) Architect and Sculptor | Francesco (active 1446–1469) Architect and Sculptor | | Bartolomeo or Bertola | Bartolomeo or Bertola |
| Maddalena born 1476 wife of Giovanni Antonio Amadeo | Maddalena born 1476 wife of Giovanni Antonio Amadeo | Francesco | Francesco | Pietro Antonio (Milan circa mid 15th century – Moscow 1493) Architect and Sculptor | Pietro Antonio (Milan circa mid 15th century – Moscow 1493) Architect and Sculptor | Cristoforo, known as il Gobbo (the Hunchback) (1467/1470 – 1524) Architect & Sculptor | Cristoforo, known as il Gobbo (the Hunchback) (1467/1470 – 1524) Architect & Sculptor | Andrea (c. 1460 – c. 1520) Milanese Painter | Andrea (c. 1460 – c. 1520) Milanese Painter |
