Gian Giacomo Quadri, known as Dolcebuono ( 1445 – 1504) was an

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architect and sculptor. Born probably in

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, he was a relative of Giacomo Antonio Dolcebuono, who had provided one of the first projects for the façade of the

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. Quadri apprenticed in the

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ese workshop of

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and

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together with

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. Already present in the city's

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, in 1473 he executed decorations for the church of Santa Maria presso San Celso and for the major cloister and the façade of the Certosa di Pavia. In 1488, again together with Amadeo, he replaced Cristoforo Rocchi in the construction of the

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. Two years later the two stated the construction of the dome and the tambour of the Duomo of Milan. Again with Amadeo, he designed the church of San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore. He died in Milan in 1504.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dolcebuono 1440s births 1504 deaths Architects from Pavia 15th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors 15th-century Italian architects