Giovanni Boscoli
Giovanni Boscoli (c.1524 – c.1592) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect, also known as Nanni da Montepulciano after his birthplace of Montepulciano. His father Tomaso was also an architect. He studied under Giorgio Vasari and moved to Parma in 1564 to work for duke Ottavio Farnese, for whom he designed the monumental fountain in front of the Palazzo del Giardino, from which he gained his nickname Giovanni della Fontana.
Also recorded as Giovanni Di Tommaso Boscoli · Nanni da Montepulciano
Giovanni Boscoli
- Born
- 1524 · Montepulciano.
- Died
- 1592 · Parma.
- Nationality
- Italy
- Occupation
- sculptor · architect
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Giovanni Boscoli (c.1524 – c.1592) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect, also known as Nanni da Montepulciano after his birthplace of Montepulciano. His father Tomaso was also an architect. He studied under Giorgio Vasari and moved to Parma in 1564 to work for duke Ottavio Farnese, for whom he designed the monumental fountain in front of the Palazzo del Giardino, from which he gained his nickname Giovanni della Fontana.
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Born at Montepulciano in 1524, died in Parma in 1592.
Giovanni Boscoli (1524–1592) was an Italian sculptor and architect.
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- 1.Dante Zucchelli and Renzo Fedacci, Il Palazzo Ducale di Parma, ed. Artegrafica Silva, Parma 1980
- 2.R. Lasagni, Dizionario biografico dei Parmigiani, ed. PPS, Parma 1999
- 3.Dizionario biografico Treccani.
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