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'''Giovanni Vincenzo Casali''', o '''Casale''' (1539 – 21 December 1593) was an [[italians|Italian]] sculptor, architect, and [[Servite order|Servite]] monk.
He was born in Florence, and in 1566 joined the Servite order, associated with the convent of the [[Annunziata, Florence|Annunziata]]. He trained as a sculptor und the fellow cleric [[Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli]]. In Florence he helped design the celebration machines for the wedding of [[Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany|Giovanna d'Austria]] with [[Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany|Francesco I of Medici]]. He participated in the completion of two sculptures for the Chapel of San Luca in the Annunziata, including that of ''Solomon'' (along with [[Giambologna]]) and ''John the Evangelist'' (along with [[Valerio Cioli]]. He moved to Rome to help restore some of the sculptural antiquities housed in the [[Villa Medici, Rome|Villa Medici]]. He then was recruited to Naples by the the [[Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna|Duke of Osuna]] to complete some architectural works, including work for the Servite convent associated with the church of [[Santa Maria ad Ogni Bene dei Sette Dolori]]. From there he obtained a commission to work in Portugal as an architect for King Phillip II of Spain and rebuild some fortresses. He died in [[Coimbra]], Portugal.<ref>[https://ift.tt/3rsZSuE Dizionario biografico universale contente le notizie più importanti sulla vita e sulle opere degli uomini celebri], Volume 5, by Felice Scifoni, Publisher Davide Passagli, Florence (1849); page 43.</ref>
==References==
[[Category:1539 births]]
[[Category:1593 deaths]]
[[Category:Sculptors from Florence]]
[[Category:16th-century Italian sculptors]]
[[Category:Italian male sculptors]]
[[Category:Servites]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic religious brothers]]
He was born in Florence, and in 1566 joined the Servite order, associated with the convent of the [[Annunziata, Florence|Annunziata]]. He trained as a sculptor und the fellow cleric [[Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli]]. In Florence he helped design the celebration machines for the wedding of [[Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany|Giovanna d'Austria]] with [[Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany|Francesco I of Medici]]. He participated in the completion of two sculptures for the Chapel of San Luca in the Annunziata, including that of ''Solomon'' (along with [[Giambologna]]) and ''John the Evangelist'' (along with [[Valerio Cioli]]. He moved to Rome to help restore some of the sculptural antiquities housed in the [[Villa Medici, Rome|Villa Medici]]. He then was recruited to Naples by the the [[Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna|Duke of Osuna]] to complete some architectural works, including work for the Servite convent associated with the church of [[Santa Maria ad Ogni Bene dei Sette Dolori]]. From there he obtained a commission to work in Portugal as an architect for King Phillip II of Spain and rebuild some fortresses. He died in [[Coimbra]], Portugal.<ref>[https://ift.tt/3rsZSuE Dizionario biografico universale contente le notizie più importanti sulla vita e sulle opere degli uomini celebri], Volume 5, by Felice Scifoni, Publisher Davide Passagli, Florence (1849); page 43.</ref>
==References==
[[Category:1539 births]]
[[Category:1593 deaths]]
[[Category:Sculptors from Florence]]
[[Category:16th-century Italian sculptors]]
[[Category:Italian male sculptors]]
[[Category:Servites]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic religious brothers]]
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