Caccini, Giovanni

Caccini, Giovanni

an Italian architect and sculptor, was born at Florence in 1562, and studied under Dosio. He erected, at the Church of La Nunziata, in Florence, a loggia with arches and Corinthian columns, sculptured out of Siena marble; he also designed a grand choir and altar for the Church of Santo Spirito. He died in 1612. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.

Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature