Rodari da Castello } | Ancestor of Tommaso di | | } | Rodari, who sculptured the | | } | Renaissance door at Como. 12. | " | M. Giovanni da Garvagnate } | | | } | All three were paid for 13. | " | M. Giovanni da Como } | sculptures in 1428 and 1429. | | | 14. | 1429 | M. Antonio } } | | | } di Val di } | Employed as builders. 15. | | M. Giovanni } Lugano } | | | | 16. | | M. Jacopo Fusina | Frequently mentioned in the | | | books of the Fabbrica. | | | 17. | 1460 | M. Guiniforte Solari | C.M. in place of his father | | | Giovanni; designed the façade. | | | 18. | | M. Gio. Antonio Amadeo | Pupil of Guiniforte; carved the | | | door between the church and | | | cloister. He became famous | | | afterwards in Venice, and | | | sculptured the Colleone | | | monument at Bergamo. | | | | | | { Came to the Certosa from 19. | | M. Cristoforo Mantegazza | { their apprenticeship to | | | { Jacopo da Tradate at Milan. 20. | | M. Antonio Mantegazza | { Sculptured in the façade of | | | { the Certosa on Guiniforte's | | | { plans. | | | 21. | 1478 | M. Giovanni, junior, da } | | | Campione } | Assisted in the sculptures. | | } | 22. | | M. Luchino di Cernuscolo } | | | | 23. | 1495 | M. Cristoforo Solario | C.M. at the Certosa. C.M. at | | (Gobbo) | Milan in 1506. ----+------+------------------------------+-------------------------------- Whatever were the faults of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, the world has one great and beautiful legacy to thank him for--the Certosa of Pavia. It is said that Stefano Maconi, prior of the Certosa at Garignano, suggested to the Duke the building of the finest monastery in Italy; but the funds were certainly provided by Gian Galeazzo, who took a personal and untiring interest in the work.