Giacomo della Porta

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Italian architect Italian sculptor Renaissance architect architect human late Renaissance artist sculptor

Giacomo della Porta was a prominent late Renaissance Italian architect and sculptor, noted for his work on St. Peter’s Basilica and for helping shape the transition toward Baroque architecture in Rome.

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Giacomo Della Porta 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian architect ⓘ
Italian sculptor ⓘ
Renaissance architect ⓘ
architect ⓘ
human ⓘ
late Renaissance artist ⓘ
sculptor ⓘ
activeYears second half of the 16th century ⓘ
burialPlace Rome ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Italy ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 1532 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1602 ⓘ
employer Papacy ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
ethnicGroup Italian ⓘ
fieldOfWork architecture ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
genre church architecture ⓘ
fountain design ⓘ
palace architecture ⓘ
influenced Baroque architects in Rome ⓘ
influencedBy Michelangelo ⓘ
Vignola ⓘ
movement Mannerism ⓘ
Renaissance architecture ⓘ
early Baroque architecture ⓘ
name Giacomo della Porta self-link ⓘ
notableAchievement contributed to the transition from late Renaissance to Baroque architecture in Rome ⓘ
helped complete the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica after Michelangelo ⓘ
notableWork Cappella Olgiati in Santa Maria in Vallicella, Rome ⓘ
Palazzo Caprini (House of Raphael), Rome ⓘ
surface form: Palazzo Caprini (reconstruction work)

Palazzo Senatorio ⓘ
surface form: Palazzo Senatorio (modifications), Rome

Palazzo dei Conservatori (modifications), Rome ⓘ
Santa Maria dei Monti, Rome ⓘ
Santa Maria in Traspontina (participation), Rome ⓘ
Sant’Atanasio dei Greci (participation), Rome ⓘ
Villa Aldobrandini in Frascati (design involvement) ⓘ
dome of St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City ⓘ
facade of the Church of the Gesù, Rome ⓘ
placeOfBirth Rome ⓘ
placeOfDeath Rome ⓘ
positionHeld architect of St. Peter’s Basilica ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Rome ⓘ
workLocation Frascati ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
Vatican City ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, Rome → architect → Giacomo della Porta ⓘ
Piazza della Rotonda → hasFountainDesigner → Giacomo della Porta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Giacomo Della Porta
Carlo Maderno → influencedBy → Giacomo della Porta ⓘ
Giacomo della Porta → name → Giacomo della Porta self-link ⓘ