Francesco da Sangallo [SEP] father
Francesco da Sangallo
Francesco da Sangallo (1494–1576) was an Italian High Renaissance sculptor, the son of the architect and sculptor Giuliano da Sangallo.
Sangallo was born in Florence. His father took him at the age of ten to Rome where, in 1506, he was present at the identification of the "Laocoön" group, an event he described in a letter written in 1567, towards the end of his life. Francesco da Sangallo was a pupil of Andrea Sansovino. The earliest dated sculpture attributed to him is
Antonio da Sangallo the Younger
Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (12 April 14843 August 1546), also known as Antonio da San Gallo, was an Italian architect active during the Renaissance, mainly in Rome and the Papal States.
Early Life and Apprenticeship.
Sangallo was born Antonio Cordiani in Florence, the son of Bartolomeo Piccioni. His grandfather Francesco Giamberti was a woodworker, and his uncles Giuliano and Antonio da Sangallo were noted architects of the time. Vasari writes that the young Sangallo followed his uncles to Rome in