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1596/97, Nov 11620s-16601669, May 16
was the leading Italian Baroque painter of his time and, along with his contemporaries and rivals Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini, was one of the key figures in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture. He was also an important designer of interior decorations.
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Pietro da Cortona1596/97, Nov 11620
 
16601669, May 16
Carlo Maderno15561596
 
16291629, Jan 30
 an Italian architect who is remembered as one of the fathers of Baroque architecture. His façade...
Jean Gamelunknown1610
 
1629unknown
 The fort of Mardyck was constructed in 1622 by architect Jean Gamel
Giovanni Battista Crescenzi15771610
 
16351635
 an Italian painter and architect of the early-Baroque period, active in Rome and Spain, where he ...
Pietro Paolo Floriani1585, Apr 261608
 
16381638, May 27
 an Italian engineer and architect who designed many military and theatrical buildings. He had an ...
Inigo Jones1573, Jul 151603
 
16461652, Jun 21
 the first significant English architect of the early modern period, and the first to employ Vitru...
Santino Solari15761610
 
16461646, Apr 10
  an Italian architect and sculptor, who worked mainly in Austria. He was born at Verna near Como....
Nicholas Stone1586/871610
 
16471647, Aug 24
 an English sculptor and architect. In 1619 he was appointed master-mason to James I, and in 1626 ...
Ustad Ahmad Lahauriunknown1632
 
 
1648unknown
 an architect. He was chief architect of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India. built between 1632 and 1648...
Alonzo Cano1601, Mar 191629
 
 
16561667, Sep 3
 a Spanish painter, architect and sculptor. He was made first royal architect, painter to Philip I...
Francois Mansart1598, Jan 131620
 
16591666, Sep 23
 a French architect credited with introducing classicism into Baroque architecture of France. The ...
Tommaso Dingli1591, Dec 221608
 
16661666
 an architect famous for having designed many parish churches in various localities. His masterpie...
Francesco Borromini1599, Sep 251619
 
16671667, Aug 2
 an Italian architect who was a leading figure in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture. A k...
Thomas de Keyser1596 ca1620
 
16671667
 a Dutch painter and architect. He excelled as a portrait painter, and was the most in-demand port...
Pieter Jansz Post1608, May 11623
 
16691669, Apr/May
 He is credited with the creation of the Dutch baroque style of architecture, along with his longt...
John Webb16111628
 
16691672, Oct 24
 an English architect and scholar. In 1654 Webb designed the first classical portico on an English...
Louis Le Vau16121630
 
16691670, Oct 11
 a French Classical architect who worked for Louis XIV of France. He was born and died in Paris. H...
Gian Lorenzo Bernini1598, Dec 71609
 
16781680, Nov 28
 an Italian artist and a prominent architect who worked principally in Rome. He was the leading sc...
Baldassarre Longhena15981620
 
16801682, Feb 18
 an Italian architect, who worked mainly in Venice, where he was one of the greatest exponents of ...
Guarino Guarini1624, Jan 71648
 
16831683, Mar 6
 an Italian architect of the Piedmontese Baroque and Theatine priest, mathematician, and writer. H...
Francisco Herrera the Younger16221650
 
16851685, Aug 25
 a Spanish painter and architect. He excelled in still life. He already painted bodegones, fish so...
Pierre Paul Puget1620, Oct 161634
 
16881694, Dec 2
 a French painter, sculptor, architect and engineer. He was born in Marseille. At the age of fourt...
Carlo Rainaldi1611, May 41630
 
16891691, Feb 8
 an Italian architect of the Baroque period, one of the leading architects of 17th century Rome, k...
Andre Le Notre1613, Mar 121635
 
16911700, Sep 15
 a French landscape architect and the principal gardener of King Louis XIV of France. Most notably...
Andrea Pozzo1642, Nov 301659
 
17091709, Aug 31
 an Italian Jesuit Brother, Baroque painter and architect, decorator, stage designer, and art theo...
Christopher Wren1632, Oct 201653
 
17181723, Feb 25
 one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history. He was accorded responsibility fo...
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