SANGALLO, Francesco da
(b. 1494, Firenze, d. 1576, Firenze)

Monument to Paolo Giovio (detail)

1560
Marble
Cloister, San Lorenzo, Florence

Paolo Giovio (1483-1552) was a physician, historian, biographer, and prelate, Bishop of Nocera de' Pagani from 1528. He was the personal physician for Cardinal Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici (the future Pope Clement VII).