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 marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass id ...

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 Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...

. He was central in the design of a palace at the site of

Santi Bartolomeo e Gaetano Santi Bartolomeo e Gaetano is a Renaissance style, Roman Catholic church in central Bologna; it is located near the Due Torri adjacent to the Strada Maggiore. History A church at the site dedicated to St Bartholemew had existed since the 5th centu ...

; 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