Giovanni Battista Montano [SEP] date of death
Giovanni Battista Montano
Giovanni Battista Montano (1534–1621) was an Italian architect, designer and engraver of primary importance as a recorder of Antique Roman architectural remains.
Early life.
Montano was born in Milan and trained primarily as a sculptor and a wood carver. In particular he has done two great carved works in the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano and the Church of Santa Maria di Loreto. In the early 1570s, Montano relocated to Rome, where he intensely studied the city’s antique monuments and ruins.
Giovanni Battista Montano as Architectural Draughtsman: Recording the Past and Designing the Future."
- Diversi ornamenti capricciosi per depositi o altari
- Scielta di varii tempietti antichi con le piante et alzatte, desegnati in prospettiua di m. Gio Batta Montano milanese date in luce, per Gio Batta Soria rom.o a benefitio publico, et fatti intagliare in rame. Libro primo