Gian Battista Covo

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Gian Battista Covo

DilletantiAnonymous: ←Created page with ''''Gian Battista Covo''' or '''Battista da Covo''' (c. 1486 - 1546, Mantua) was an Italian architect. From 1513 until 1524 he was "Prefect of the Gonzaga Buildin...'

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'''Gian Battista Covo''' or '''Battista da Covo''' (c. 1486 - 1546, Mantua) was an Italian architect. From 1513 until 1524 he was "Prefect of the Gonzaga Buildings" ("Prefetto delle fabbriche gonzaghesche") under [[Francesco II Gonzaga]]. He designed the second phase of the [[Studiolo of Isabella d'Este]] on the ground floor of the "Corte Vecchia" of the [[Ducal Palace, Mantua|Ducal Palace]]. In 1524 he stated collaborating with [[Giulio Romano]], who that year took over as prefect.<ref> Giuseppe Amadei;Ercolano Marani (ed.), I Gonzaga a Mantova, Milano, 1975.</ref>

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[[category:House of Gonzaga]]
[[category:1496 births]]
[[category:1546 deaths]]
[[category:15th-century Italian architects]]
[[category:16th-century Italian architects]]

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