Marco Solari

The Certosa di Pavia

Marco Solari (c. 1355 – 1405) was a Swiss–Italian architect, engineer, and sculptor.

Biography

Marco Solari, often named Marco da Carona, was born in the village of Carona, in what today is the Swiss canton of Ticino. He is the progenitor of the Solari da Carona family, a masonic Lombardian dynasty.[1][2]

Solari is known as one of the chief architects of the Certosa di Pavia. Gian Galeazzo Visconti, hereditary lord and first Duke of Milan, first commissioned Solari as a chief architect of the Certosa di Pavia in 1396.[1]

Solari is also known for his work as a master on the Duomo of Milan, starting in 1399.[2]

Genealogy

 Marco
(active 1387–1405), Architect and Sculptor
 
   
 Alberto
Giovanni
(Milan c. 1400 – 1482) Architect of Certosa di Pavia (1428–62) and the Duomo di Milano (1452–69)		Pietro
 
   
 Guiniforte (or Boniforte)
(Milan 1429–1481) Architect of the Certosa di Pavia (1462–81) and the Duomo di Milano (1459–81)		Francesco
(active 1446–1469) Architect and Sculptor		 Bartolomeo or Bertola
  
     
Maddalena
born 1476 wife of Giovanni Antonio Amadeo		Francesco
Pietro Antonio
(Milan circa mid 15th century – Moscow 1493) Architect and Sculptor		Cristoforo, known as il Gobbo (the Hunchback)
(1467/1470 – 1524) Architect & Sculptor		Andrea
(c. 1460 – c. 1520) Milanese Painter

References

  1. ^ a b Scott, Leader. The Cathedral Builders: The Story of a Great Masonic Guild. Project Gutenberg. Print.
  2. ^ a b ABBIATI, FABIO (2020-05-19). "History (English Version)". Certosa di Pavia (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-10-02.


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