Andrea Marchesi da Formigine, also called "Andrea da Formigine" or "Il Formigine" (

Formigine Formigine ( Modenese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. As of 2007, Formigine had an estimated population of 31,643. History Formigine originates from the foundation of its castle in 1201 by the Comune of ...

, c. 1485–1559) was an Italian architect, sculptor and carver of the

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD ...

period, active mainly in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...

, Italy. Father of Jacopo da Formigine. He was born in

, near Modena. He was central in the design of a palace at the site of Santi Bartolomeo e Gaetano; the Palazzo Fantuzzi; Palazzo Dal Monte; and the

Palazzo Bolognini Amorini Salina The Palazzo Bolognini Amorini Salina is a Renaissance architecture palace located on Piazza Santo Stefano (Via Santo Stefano 9–11) in the center of Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The Palace is notable by its circular niches with busts ...

, all in Bologna. He reputedly helped sculpt the capitals for the portico of the latter palace with Properzia de' Rossi.La patria; geografia dell' Italia: pte. 1 Provincia di Roma. 1894. Provincia
by Gustavo Chiesi, Luigi Borsari, Giuseppe Isidoro Arneudo, page 140.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Formigine, Andrea da 1480s births 1559 deaths 16th-century Italian architects Architects from Bologna