Martino Longhi the Younger
Illustration — Sant'Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso. • Illustration — Sant'Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso view from the top of the Spanish Steps. • Illustration — Detail of the façade of Sant'Antonio dei Portoghesi in Rome. Martino Longhi the Younger (Martino Longhi il Giovane; 18 March 1602 – 15 December 1660) was an Italian architect of the Baroque period active in Rome, in a milieu when the most prominent competition for commissions came from no less than Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Francesco Borromini, Carlo Rainaldi and Pietro da Cortona. He was born in Rome to a family of architects.
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Martino Longhi the Younger
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- Born
- 1602 · Rome.
- Died
- 1660 · Viggiù.
- Nationality
- Italy
- Occupation
- architect
- Known for
- San Carlo al Corso
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Illustration — Sant'Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso. • Illustration — Sant'Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso view from the top of the Spanish Steps. • Illustration — Detail of the façade of Sant'Antonio dei Portoghesi in Rome. Martino Longhi the Younger (Martino Longhi il Giovane; 18 March 1602 – 15 December 1660) was an Italian architect of the Baroque period active in Rome, in a milieu when the most prominent competition for commissions came from no less than Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Francesco Borromini, Carlo Rainaldi and Pietro da Cortona. He was born in Rome to a family of architects.
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His grandfather Martino Longhi the Elder had completed many buildings in Rome. His father Onorio Longhi was also a prominent architect, and Martino inherited the work at San Carlo al Corso upon the death of his father in 1619. The church itself may have been designed by his grandfather. In the 1630s he also began working in the construction of Sant'Antonio dei Portoghesi. In 1644, he designed the façade for San Giovanni Calibita. In 1645, he began construction on the striking vertical façade of Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Trevi. In the 1650s, he worked on the reconstruction of the now destroyed Sant'Adriano. Like some of his contemporary competitors, Longhi seems to have suffered from a lack of sociability.
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1602
Martino Longhi the Younger born at Rome.
1612
San Carlo al Corso is dated 1612.
1650
Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Trevi is dated 1650.
1660
Martino Longhi the Younger died at Viggiù.
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- Martino Longhi the Younger and the Facade of San Giovanni Calibita in Rome, The Art Bulletin, 1970
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- Martino Longhi the Younger and the Façade of San Giovanni Calibita in Rome, The Art Bulletin, 1970
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1970
- The Architecture of Martino Longhi the Younger (1602-1660), Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 1971
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1971
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Martino Longhi the Younger and the Facade of San Giovanni Calibita in Rome, The Art Bulletin, 1970Crossref registry
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Martino Longhi the Younger and the Façade of San Giovanni Calibita in Rome, The Art Bulletin, 1970Crossref registry
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The Architecture of Martino Longhi the Younger (1602-1660), Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 1971Crossref registry
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q376713: Martino Longhi the YoungerWikimedia Foundation
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