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Vitoni, Ventura
architect; b. Aug. 20, 1442 (at Pistoia); d. after 1522.
He was brought up as a carpenter and, according to Vasari, was a pupil of Bramante. All the buildings which are attributed to him are in Pistoia (Italy). The earliest is the church of S. Maria della Grazie (begun 1484). That of S. Giovanni Battista was begun 1495 and completed in 1513. Parts of the church of S. Chiara may also be by him. Vitoni's great work is the church of S. Maria dell' Umiltà, a combination in plan of the Pazzi chapel and the sacristy of S. Spirito at Florence. The large closed atrium and the choir were begun in 1494 and the central octagonal portion in 1509. The date is inscribed in the building. At his death he had carried the church to the windows of the third story. The dome is much later. (See Vasari.) His will is dated March 11, 1522.
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