Antonio da Sangallo The Younger
b. Florence, 1483;
d. Florence, 1546

Builder and engineer more than an imaginative or innovative famous architect, he resisted the “mannerism” with which so many others endeavoured to emulate Michelangelo. This Antonio was nephew to the brothers Giuliano da Sangallo and Antonio da Sangallo the Elder, with Cordiano as his surname within the Sangallo clan. Trained by his uncles, he went into the family firm’s design, engineering and sculpture business. He accompanied Giuliano to Rome in 1503 and stayed there most of his life, enjoying the patronage of several popes. The Sangallos’ efficient infrastructure enabled him to take on commissions for a large number of clients - some of them in distant places - while still playing a part in the insatiable enlargement of St Peter’s, where he succeeded Raphael as master of the works in 1520. Antonio da Sangallo The Younger designed the Palazzo Farnese in Rome, completed by Michelangelo c.1547.

List of major buildings / works:
Palazzo Farnese, Rome, begun 1515.
Palazzo Palma-Baldassini, Rome, c.1520.

Bibliography
G. Giovannoni, Antonio da Sangallo il Giovane, Rome, 1959.