Giovan Battista Caniana (8 May 1671 – 5 May 1754) was an Italian sculptor and architect.

Biography

Caniana was born in

Romano di Lombardia Romano di Lombardia (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the northern Italy, Italian region of Lombardy, located about east of Milan and about southeast of Bergamo. It received the honorary title of city wi ...

, and his father Giacomo Antonio, also a sculptor, died when he was 8 years old. His mother Datila sent him to study in Longhena, where he trained under

Andrea Brustolon Andrea Brustolon (20 July 1662 – 25 October 1732) was an Italian sculptor in wood. He is known for his furnishings in the Baroque style and devotional sculptures. Biography He was trained in a vigorous local tradition of sculpture in hi ...

. A few years later Caniana returned to his family where he worked in a shop with his brothers. In 1694 after he married Bridget Grass, he turned to architecture and worked on a number of local projects. He died in

Alzano Lombardo Alzano Lombardo ( Bergamasque: ) is a in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy, northern Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of t ...

, aged 82. His grandson, Giacomo Caniana, was also an architect.

References

* Content was partly derived from a translation of the Italian wiki article: Giovan Battista Caniana (Italian) 17th-century Italian architects 18th-century Italian architects 17th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors 18th-century Italian sculptors Architects from Lombardy 1754 deaths 1671 births People from Romano di Lombardia 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-sculptor-stub