Giuliano da Sangallo belongs to the record of art as a figure whose work outlasted the taste that first received it.
The record lists Giuliano da Sangallo as Italian artist (1445-1516).
Giuliano da Sangallo was born at Florence in 1445. His recorded nationality is Italy.
This was the period in which the artist became an individual with a signature, a reputation and a price.
He worked as architect, military engineer and sculptor.
Among his best-known works are Villa Medicea of Poggio a Caiano and Steps by Giuliano da Sangallo from Palazzo Gondi staircase. Art history is a record of what got kept, which is not the same as what was best.
That the work was made in Italy shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Giuliano da Sangallo died in 1516, aged 71. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Notable work: Villa Medicea of Poggio a Caiano
- Notable work: Steps by Giuliano da Sangallo from Palazzo Gondi staircase
