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SIMONE (1457—1508)

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SIMONE (1457—1508)  ,
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nephew of
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Antonio
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Pollaiuolo, a celebrated architect, was
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born in
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Florence and went to
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Rome in 1484; there he entered his
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uncle's studio and studied
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architecture . On his return to Florence he was entrusted with the completion of the
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Strozzi
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palace begun by Benedetto de Maiano, and the
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cornice on the
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facade has earned him lasting fame . His highly coloured accounts of Rome earned for him the
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nickname of it Cronaca (chronicler) . About 1498 he built the
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church of
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San
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Francesco at
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Monte and the
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vestibule of the
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sacristy of Santo Spirito . In collaboration with Guiliano da
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Sangallo he designed the
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great
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hall in the Palazzo Vecchio . He was a
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close friend and adherent of
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Savonarola . See also Maud Cruttwell, Antonio Pollaiuolo (1907) .

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