Francesco Ricchino was an Italian

Italy

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 architect of the Renaissance

Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...

 period, born in Rovato

Rovato

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 and mainly active in his native Brescia

Brescia

Brescia is a city and comune in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, between the Mella and the Naviglio, with a population of around 197,000. It is the second largest city in Lombardy, after the capital, Milan...

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He was a pupil of Alessandro Bonvicino

Alessandro Bonvicino

Alessandro Bonvicino , more commonly known as Il Moretto da Brescia, was an Italian Renaissance painter of Brescia and Venice.-Biography:...

. He painted scenes for the Chorus of the church of San Pietro Oliveto in Brescia. He is known as a poet. The biographer Cristiani describes him as an architect working for the Elector of Saxony

Saxony

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. He cites two sources claiming he died in either 1560 or after 1568.

Francesco Maria Richini

Francesco Maria Richini

thumb|250px|The inner court of Palazzo Brera in Milan.Francesco Maria Richini was an Italian Baroque architect....

 is a late-Renaissance architect from Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

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