Mateo Gucci (c. 1500 – c. 1550) was a

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architect and sculptor. He rebuilt the Old Synagogue in the

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suburb of

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, and he may have worked on the

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Castle. He is believed to have died in 1550, according to the town books of Kraków. He was the brother of

Santi Gucci Santi Gucci (c. 1530–1600) was an Italian architect and sculptor. Biography He moved to Poland after 1550, most probably from Florence, and became the court artist of the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Sigismund II Augustus, his sis ...

, who also worked as sculptor and architect in

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References

* Polska na Weekend * Zofia Wenzel-Homecka, ''Mateusz Gucci'', w: ''

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'', tom IX, 1960-1961 Architects from Kraków Italian Renaissance architects Polish sculptors Polish male sculptors Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors Renaissance architects Italian Renaissance sculptors Italian emigrants to Poland Year of birth uncertain {{Poland-sculptor-stub