(b Settignano, nr Florence, 18 June 1511; d Florence, 13 April 1592). Italian sculptor and architect. He was a major figure in Italian art in the second and third quarters of the 16th century. His extensive travels in north and central Italy gave him an unequalled understanding of developments in architecture and sculpture in the era of Mannerism. His style was based inevitably on the example of Michelangelo but was modified by the suaver work of Jacopo Sansovino. In both sculpture and architecture Ammanati was a highly competent craftsman, and his masterpieces, the tombs of Marco Mantova Benavides and two members of the del Monte family, the Fountains of Juno and Neptune and the courtyard of the Palazzo Pitti, are among the finest works of the period.

• Ammanati, Bartolomeo
  • Benavides, Marco Mantova
  • Florence, §II, 2(i): Art life and organization, c 1530–c 1600
  • Nude, §2: Middle Ages and Renaissance, to 1600
  • Padua, §2: Art life and organization
  • Parigi
  • Rome, §III, 4(i): Art life and organization, 1503–49
  • Rome, §IV, 2: Centre of production: Marble inlay
  • architecture
    • bridges
      • Bridge, §2(ii): c 1500–c 1790
      • Florence, §I, 5: History and urban development, 1531–1737
    • churches
      • Florence, §IV, 5: S Lorenzo
    • courtyards
      • Florence, §IV, 9(iii): Palazzo Pitti: Boboli Gardens
    • grottoes
      • Grotto
    • palazzi
      • Florence, §IV, 9(i): Palazzo Pitti architecture
      • Lucca, §1: History and urban development
      • Palazzo, §2: Renaissance and after
    • villas
      • Villa, §II, 1: Renaissance and Baroque, c 1400–c 1700: History and development
  • assistants
    • Dosio, Giovanni Antonio
    • Tetrode, Willem Danielsz. van
  • attributions
    • Bomarzo, Sacro Bosco
    • Valeriano, Giuseppe
    • Volterra, §2: Later history
  • collaboration
    • Lombardo, §II: (5) Girolamo Lombardo
    • Michelangelo, §I, 4(i)(c): Biblioteca Laurenziana
    • Rossi, Vincenzo de’
    • Vasari: (1) Giorgio Vasari, §I, 2(iii): First major commissions, 1546–53
  • competitions
    • Competition, §II, 1: Sculpture: Italy
  • frames
    • Frame, §II, 4: Italian Mannerist
  • patrons and collectors
    • Camaldolese Order
      • Camaldolese Order, §3: Patronage
    • Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany (reg 1569-74)
      • Bandinelli, Baccio, §1(iv): c 1542–1560
      • Cellini, Benvenuto, §I, 5: Last years in Florence, 1553–71
      • Florence, §IV, 9(ii): Palazzo Pitti decoration
      • Italy, §II, 3(ii): High Renaissance architecture, c 1500–c 1520
      • Medici, de’: (14) Cosimo I de’ Medici
    • Francesco I, Grand Duke of Tuscany (reg
      • Medici, de’: (16) Francesco I de’ Medici
      • Studiolo
    • Julius III, Pope (reg 1550-55)
      • Italy, §II, 3(iii)(a): Late Renaissance and Mannerist architecture, c 1520–c 1600: Florence
      • Monte, del: (1) Pope Julius III
      • Vignola, Jacopo, §1(iii)(a): Late work, after c 1550: Papal commissions
    • Pucci, Pandolfo di Roberto (1509-60; patron)
      • Pucci
    • Salviati (family)
      • Salviati
    • Vasari, Giorgio (1511-74)
      • Vasari: (1) Giorgio Vasari, §IV: Collection
  • pupils
    • Carducho: (1) Bartolomé Carducho
  • sculpture
    • Italy, §IV, 3(iii)(a): Mannerist sculpture, c 1530–c 1600: Florence
    • architectural
      • Duca: (2) Lodovico del Duca
      • Venice, §IV, 7(ii): Libreria Marciana: Decoration
    • fountains
      • Fountain, §IV, 2: Western world: Renaissance
      • Monument, public, §4: Renaissance, Mannerism and Baroque
    • statuettes
      • Statuette, §II, 1(ii)(a): 16th century: Florence and Rome
  • teachers
    • Stagi, Stagio