IMPORTANT OLD MASTER PAINTINGS AND HAUTE EPOQUE AUCTION, INCLUDING MODERN
Guglielmo della Porta (ca. 1500–1577) was an Italian architect and sculptor of the Mannerist era. He was born into a renowned family related to the arts and crafts of stone. His father, Giovanni Battista della Porta, was noted as a sculptor. He apprenticed in the workshop of his uncle Giovanni Giacomo della Porta. Reference bibliography: “Aleardo Noli, Le grandi famiglie di Porlezza. I “Della Porta”, sul site del Comune di Porlezza
