MONTELUPO, Raffaello da
(b. 1504, Firenze, d. 1566, Orvieto)

The Visitation

1533
Marble
Santa Casa, Loreto

Montelupo's first major commission was to assist in the execution of the marble decoration designed by Andrea Sansovino for the Santa Casa (1530-33) at Loreto, where he worked with Niccolò Tribolo, Francesco da Sangallo, Simone Mosca and others under the direction of Antonio da Sangallo the Elder. He carved the relief of the Adoration of the Magi, the left half of the Birth of the Virgin, the Visitation and some putti.