Baccio da Montelupo
The house of the sculptor and architect
Uptown in Montelupo, you can visit the house where the Tuscan sculptor and architect Bartolomeo Sinibaldi, known as Baccio da Montelupo, was born in 1469, the same place where he spent most of his youth.
The medieval building is modest in size and still features typical medieval Tuscan architecture, such as terracotta arches and a predominantly brick facade, alongside terracotta decorations from the late 1800s. Bartolomeo di Giovanni d’Astore dei Sinibaldi was born in Montelupo: here, he attended ceramic workshops, before moving to Florence to pursue a career as a sculptor. His masterpiece is the statue of Saint John the Evangelist (1514), created for Orsanmichele in Florence. He is presumed to have died in 1523 in Lucca.
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