Agostino Chigi

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Agostino Chigi was a powerful and immensely wealthy Sienese banker and patron of the arts in Renaissance Rome, renowned for sponsoring leading artists such as Raphael.

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Agostino Chigi canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian nobleman
Renaissance figure
banker
patron of the arts
birthDate 1466-08-29
birthPlace Republic of Siena NERFINISHED
Siena NERFINISHED
burialPlace Rome NERFINISHED
Santa Maria del Popolo NERFINISHED
businessPartner Pope Julius II NERFINISHED
Pope Leo X NERFINISHED
commissioned Frescoes in the Villa Farnesina NERFINISHED
Peruzzi’s architectural design of Villa Farnesina
Raphael’s Galatea fresco NERFINISHED
Raphael’s Loggia of Psyche decorations NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Republic of Siena NERFINISHED
deathDate 1520-04-11
employer Baldassare Peruzzi NERFINISHED
Raphael NERFINISHED
Sebastiano del Piombo NERFINISHED
Sodoma NERFINISHED
era Italian Renaissance NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Italian
familyName Chigi NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork art patronage
finance
givenName Agostino NERFINISHED
hasTitle Il Magnifico NERFINISHED
knownFor banking for the papacy
immense wealth
patronage of High Renaissance art
memberOf Chigi family NERFINISHED
notableEvent financing military campaigns of Pope Julius II
hosting lavish banquets at Villa Farnesina
notableWork Villa Farnesina NERFINISHED
occupation banker
merchant
patron of the arts
operatedIn Mediterranean trade
Papal States NERFINISHED
patronOf Baldassare Peruzzi NERFINISHED
Giulio Romano NERFINISHED
Raphael NERFINISHED
Sebastiano del Piombo NERFINISHED
Sodoma NERFINISHED
relative Fabio Chigi NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
residence Papal States NERFINISHED
Rome

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The Triumph of Galatea commissionedBy Agostino Chigi
Chigi family notableMember Agostino Chigi
House of Chigi notableMember Agostino Chigi