Giovanni Vasanzio
Illustration — erected in 1613, the villa Pinciana (now the Villa Borghese) built by the architect Flaminio Ponzio, and after his death finished by his assistant Giovanni Vasanzio Giovanni Vasanzio or Jan van Santen (1550 – 21 August 1621) was a Dutch-born architect, garden designer and engraver who spent his mature career in Rome, where he arrived in the 1580s. He worked as assistant to Flaminio Ponzio and completed works in progress at Ponzio's death (1613); he became in some sense the "house architect' for the Borghese, responsible for ephemeral decorations to provide settings for dynastic events both gay and grave.
Also recorded as Santen, Giovanni van Vansanzio · Jan van Santen · Sanctis, Giovanni de Van Zanten · Giovanni Vansanzio
Giovanni Vasanzio
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- Born
- 1550 · Utrecht.
- Died
- 1621 · Rome.
- Occupation
- architect
- Languages
- Italian
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Illustration — erected in 1613, the villa Pinciana (now the Villa Borghese) built by the architect Flaminio Ponzio, and after his death finished by his assistant Giovanni Vasanzio Giovanni Vasanzio or Jan van Santen (1550 – 21 August 1621) was a Dutch-born architect, garden designer and engraver who spent his mature career in Rome, where he arrived in the 1580s. He worked as assistant to Flaminio Ponzio and completed works in progress at Ponzio's death (1613); he became in some sense the "house architect' for the Borghese, responsible for ephemeral decorations to provide settings for dynastic events both gay and grave.
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• Palazzo Borghese, where he worked with Carlo Maderno after the death of Flaminio Ponzio. • Built Ponzio's façade of San Sebastiano fuori le Mura (1612) • Villa Borghese on the Pincio; Vasanzio designed the façade (1613–15); decoration continued 1618-19. • Additions to Martino Longhi the Younger's Villa Mondragone, Frascati (1615) • Fountain of the Acqua Paola, to Ponzio's design (1613) • Fountain "della Galera", in the gardens of the Vatican Palace (1620). • Ceiling of San Sebastiano fuori le mura.
La façade principale de la villa Borghèse Scipion Caffarelli Borghèse, neveu du Pape Paul V fit élever, en 1613, la villa Pinciana (devenue la villa Borghèse) par l'architecte Flaminio Ponzio puis par l'architecte Giovanni Vasanzio. Associant les trois arts (sculpture, peinture et architecture) à la Nature, la Villa Pinciana a fondé un style nouveau pour l'époque: le baroque romain; à ce titre e
Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France · La villa Borghèse (Rome)
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1550
Giovanni Vasanzio was born on 1 January 1550.
1621
Giovanni Vasanzio died on 21 August 1621.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Santen, Giovanni van Vansanzio, Jan van Santen, Sanctis, Giovanni de Van Zanten, Giovanni Vansanzio and Fiammingo, Giovanni Vansanzio. His recorded language was Italian.
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