Gian Giacomo Quadri, known as Dolcebuono (c. 1445 – 1504) was an Italian

Italy

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 architect and sculptor.

Born probably in Lugano

Lugano

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, he was a relative of Giacomo Antonio Dolcebuono, who had provided one of the first projects for the façade of the Certosa di Pavia

Certosa di Pavia

The Certosa di Pavia Gra-Car , Shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of Grace, is a monastery and complex in Lombardy, northern Italy, situated near a small town of the same name in the Province of Pavia, 8 km north of Pavia...

. Quadri apprenticed in the Milan

Milan

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ese workshop of Giovanni

Giovanni Solari

Giovanni Solari was an Italian architect and engineer.He was born in Milan, the son of the architect Marco Solari, who was chief of the works of the Duomo of Milan. Giovanni Solari directed the construction of the Certosa di Pavia from 1428 to 1462 and that of the Duomo from 1452 to 1469. He was...

 and Guiniforte Solari

Guiniforte Solari

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 together with Giovanni Antonio Amadeo

Giovanni Antonio Amadeo

thumb|260px|The Colleoni Chapel in Bergamo.Giovanni Antonio Amadeo was an Italian early Renaissance sculptor, architect, and engineer....

. Already present in the city's Duomo

Duomo di Milano

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, in 1473 he executed decorations for the church of Santa Maria presso San Celso

Santa Maria presso San Celso

Santa Maria dei Miracoli presso San Celso is a church and a sanctuary in Milan, Lombardy, northern Italy.-History and overview:The construction was begun by Gian Giacomo Dolcebuono and Giovanni Battagio in 1493, to house a miraculous icon of the Madonna, initially on the central plan...

 and for the major cloister and the façade of the Certosa di Pavia.

In 1488, again together with Amadeo, he replaced Cristoforo Rocchi in the construction of the Pavia Cathedral

Pavia Cathedral

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. Two years later the two stated the construction of the dome and the tambour of the Duomo of Milan. Again with Amadeo, he designed the church of San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore

San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore

San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore is a church in Milan, northern Italy. It was originally attached to the most important female convent of the Benedictines in the city, Monastero Maggiore, which is now in use as an archaeological museum...

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He died in Milan in 1504.