Person

Bartolomeo Ammanati

Italian architect and sculptor

b. 1511 CE – d. 1592 CE World The Middle of The Earth

Bartolomeo Ammanati (June 18, 1511 – April 13, 1592) was an Italian architect and sculptor, born at Settignano, near Florence.

He studies under Baccio Bandinelli and Jacopo Sansovino (assisting on the Library of St. Mark's, the Biblioteca Marciana, Venice) and closely imitates the style of Michelangelo.