Giacomo Andrea da Ferrara (also known as Iacomo Andrea; died May 12, 1500) was an architect from

Ferrara Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream ...

and the author on a commentary on Vitruvius. Very little is known about him; his name did not appear on any buildings in Milan. Vitruvian Man by Giacomo Andrea

Luca Pacioli Fra Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli (sometimes ''Paccioli'' or ''Paciolo''; 1447 – 19 June 1517) was an Italian mathematician, Franciscan friar, collaborator with Leonardo da Vinci, and an early contributor to the field now known as accounting ...

wrote that Giacomo Andrea was almost like a brother to Leonardo da Vinci. Giacomo Andrea, active by the 1480s, drew a prototypical '' Vitruvian Man'' which may have served as the basis for Leonardo's drawing, or have been conceived alongside it as a collaborative effort. Giacomo Andrea was very loyal to the Sforza family. After the occupation of Milan by the

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, he is said to have plotted against the French. He was put on trial and sentenced to death. Archbishop Pallavicini attempted to plead for his innocence. Giacomo Andrea was publicly beheaded on May 12, 1500. His body was quartered and placed on four different gates of the city. Leonardo da Vinci did not plot against the French, but instead went into their service.

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15th-century Italian architects 1500 deaths Year of birth unknown Architects from Ferrara {{Italy-architect-stub