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From 1535 Bambaia was regularly mentioned in the records of Milan Cathedral as a sculptor in the workshop, commissioned to carve statues for one of the side doors and to instruct young apprentices. His responsibility for particular statues has not been defined. Works by Bambaia in Milan Cathedral include the grandiose marble monument to Marino Caracciolo (d. 1538), perhaps the best work of his later years, the small marble monument to Canon Giovanni Andrea Vimercate (d. 1548) and the marble altar of the Presentation of the Virgin (commissioned in 1543). He probably only provided the model for the last; he was then an old man and the marble altarpiece at the centre is noticeably different from his style.
The Vimercati monument in the right aisle of the cathedral is the tomb of Giovanni Andrea Vimercate or Vimercati (who died in 1548), his father and his uncle, Filippo and Nicola Vimercati (who died in 1484 and 1492, respectively). The bust of Andrea is at the top, the reliefs of Filippo and Nicola are at the bottom.
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