Martino Ferrabosco

(b Capolago, Ticino; d Rome, bur 3 Aug 1623). Italian architect, stuccoist and engraver. He arrived in Rome by 1613 and worked on a number of commissions sponsored by Pope Paul V (Borghese). From 1613 until 1621 he was papal fontaniero, responsible for the embellishment and maintenance of the fountains in the Vatican and Quirinal gardens and in the Borgo. In 1616 he supervised the execution of the elaborate stucco coffering in the vault of the Cappella Paolina in the Palazzo del Quirinale, and in 1620-21 he led one of several teams of stuccoists at work on the vaults of the choir and sacristy in St Peter's.

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