Michelozzo

Timeline

1. c. 1396–1433Florence · FlorenceMichelozzo learned bronze casting in Ghiberti's workshop and worked on the baptistery bronze doors. From about 1425 he partnered with Donatello, collaborating on the tomb of Antipope John XXIII in the baptistery, the outdoor pulpit in Prato and the tomb of Cardinal Brancaccio in Naples, while also beginning to remodel the Medici country fortress in the Mugello.
2. 1433–1434Venice · VeniceWhen Cosimo was exiled to Venice in 1433, Michelozzo accompanied him, showing the family's personal trust in him as its architect. After Cosimo's return in 1434, Michelozzo's architectural career unfolded fully, taking on public-religious projects such as the rebuilding of San Marco.
3. c. 1436–1460Palazzo Medici and San Marco, Florence · FlorenceFrom about 1436 he completely rebuilt the Dominican convent of San Marco for Cosimo, whose library, with its Corinthian colonnade and bright transept, became the model for fifteenth-century convent libraries. In 1444 Cosimo commissioned him to build the Palazzo Medici on Via Larga: three stories of decreasing height, rusticated stone below to smooth masonry above, crowned by a huge classical cornice and a courtyard colonnade, it became the prototype of the Tuscan Renaissance palazzo.
4. 1446–1472Florence · FlorenceAfter Brunelleschi's death in 1446, Michelozzo briefly succeeded him as director of the cathedral works, taking part in projects such as the Basilica of the Annunciation, while remodeling Medici villas at Cafaggiolo, Careggi and Fiesole. Around 1462 he worked as an engineer on the defenses of Ragusa. He died in Florence on 7 October 1472 and was buried at San Marco.