Giacomo del Duca
Illustration — Chapel of the Sacrament, Messina, by Giacomo del Duca 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.
Also recorded as Jacopo Ciciliano · Giacomo Del Duca · Jacopo del Duca · Jacopo Siciliano Duca
Giacomo del Duca
Michele Bassi · Public domain
- Born
- 1520 · Cefalù.
- Died
- 1604 · Messina.
- Nationality
- Italy
- Occupation
- architect · sculptor
- Fields
- architecture
- Languages
- Italian
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Illustration — Chapel of the Sacrament, Messina, by Giacomo del Duca 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.
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Born at Cefalù in 1520, died in Messina in 1604.
The recorded working language is Italian. The field of work recorded is architecture.
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