Bartolommeo Genga

Bartolommeo Genga (1518–1558) was an Italian architect who was born in Cesena, Italy. He was the son of Girolamo Genga (1467–1551) and the brother-in-law of Giovanni Battista Belluzzi (1506–1554). At 20 years of age, Bartolommeo went to Florence, to continue the studies he commenced with his father. In Florence, he befriended Giorgio Vasari (1511–1574) and Bartolomeo Ammanati (1511–1592). After spending three years in Florence, he returned to his father, who was then building the church of San Giovanni Battista in Pesaro. Upon the death of his father in 1551, Bartolommeo assumed his father’s position with Duke Francesco Maria I della Rovere. Bartolommeo continued the building of San Giovanni Battista and built the Palace of Pesaro. He died in Malta at age forty in 1558.

References

Portoghesi, Paolo, Dizionario enciclopedico di architettura e urbanistica, Roma, Istituto Editorale Romano, 1968-1969.
Thieme, Ulrich and Felix Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Reprint of 1907 edition, Leipzig, Veb E.A. Seemann Verlag, 1980-1986.
Vasari, Giorgio, Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori, many editions and translations.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 96220104 GND: 124825621 ULAN: 500076127

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