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(2) Gian Giacomo della Porta
( fl 1513; d Genoa, 1554–5). Nephew of (1) Antonio della Porta. There is evidence that Gian Giacomo was working as a sculptor in Genoa from 1513, but the works mentioned in the documents have not survived. At the same time, he began his association with the Certosa di Pavia, where in 1514 his uncle Antonio declared him fully qualified. In documents he is often described as ‘engineer and sculptor’. Stylistic factors suggest that Gian Giacomo assisted in the work on the right-hand tabernacle on the south wall of the choir in the Certosa undertaken by Antonio della Porta and Pace Gagini in 1513.
Part of the Porta, della family
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