Daniele Barbaro

Daniele Barbaro as a high-ranking cleric by Paolo Veronese (the book in the painting is a translation of Vitruvius by Barbaro )
Painting of Daniele Barbaro by Titian.
Etching of Daniele Barbaro by Wenzel Hollar.
Gentleman in ermine by Paolo Veronese, previously identified as Barbaro.

Daniele Matteo Alvise Barbaro (also Barbarus) (8 February 1514 – 13 April 1570)[1] was an Italian cleric and diplomat. He was also an architect, writer on architecture, and translator of, and commentator on, Vitruvius.[2]

Barbaro's fame is chiefly due to his vast output in the arts, letters, and mathematics. A cultured humanist, he was a friend and admirer of Torquato Tasso, a patron of Andrea Palladio,[3] and a student of Pietro Bembo.[2] Francesco Sansovino considered Daniele to be one of the three best Venetian architects, along with Palladio and Francesco's father Jacopo.

  1. ^ Alberigo, Giuseppe (1964). "BARBARO, Daniele Matteo Alvise". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 6.
  2. ^ a b Burke 1998, p. 104.
  3. ^ Burke 1998, p. 155.