[Born at Verona, in Italy, 1484. Died there, 1559. Aged 75.]
His works were chiefly fortifications. At the age of seventeen, he went
to Rome to study the remains of its ancient architecture, and there
gained the friendship of Buonarotti, Bramante, Sansovino, and Sangallo.
For Pope Clement VII. he fortified, with Sangallo, the cities of Parma
and Placentia. In 1527, entered the service of the Venetians, and for
them, at Verona, first employed angular bastions, which he invented. The
principle being generally adopted, Sanmicheli was employed to fortify
many of the Italian cities, as well as the islands of Candia and Corfu.
He then strengthened his native city with fortifications, and adorned it
with palaces and other works. One of these, the Capella di Guareschi, is
a masterpiece of architecture.
[Bust by Domenico Manera.]