Sangallo the Elder, Antonio da, architect (1455-1535).

Autograph document signed.

      N. p., 5. II. 1509. - Folio. 1 p. on double leaf. In passe-partout. Valuation of a house "rione di ponte dalla chiesa de fiorentini", owned by Madonna Margherita, widow of the late Lodovico Martelli. The church mentioned is probably S. Giovanni dei Fiorentini in Rome. As the two appraisers, Pietro Fravisano and Battista de Calvi, were unable to agree upon an estimate, Antonio da Sangallo was asked for an appraisal. He valued the house at 377 scudi and 42 barochi. - The architect and sculptor Antonio da Sangallo the Elder built the Roman church of S. Maria di Monserrato, a new and almost neo-classical type of hall church. He also created numerous secular buildings in his native Florence; with his nephew Francesco (known as "Margotta"), he erected the inner fortifications during the siege of 1529/30. - Insignificant foxing; blank fol. 2 mounted on cardboard. Of the utmost rarity: last sold at Geneva in 1956; no other records in German or international auctions.