Francesco Solari was an Italian sculptor, architect and engineer.

He was born in Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

, the son of Giovanni Solari

Giovanni Solari

Giovanni Solari was an Italian architect and engineer.He was born in Milan, the son of the architect Marco Solari, who was chief of the works of the Duomo of Milan. Giovanni Solari directed the construction of the Certosa di Pavia from 1428 to 1462 and that of the Duomo from 1452 to 1469. He was...

 and the brother of Guiniforte Solari

Guiniforte Solari

Guiniforte Solari , also known as Boniforte, was an Italian sculptor, architect and engineer.Born in Milan, he was the son of the architect Giovanni Solari, and brother of Francesco Solari....

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Around 1445 he is known to be working in decorations for the church of the Villa in Castiglione Olona

Castiglione Olona

Castiglione Olona is a town and comune in the province of Varese, in Lombardy....

, the Duomo of Milan and the Certosa of Pavia, where Guiniforte was director of the works. Starting from 1460 he was master to Giovanni Antonio Amadeo

Giovanni Antonio Amadeo

thumb|260px|The Colleoni Chapel in Bergamo.Giovanni Antonio Amadeo was an Italian early Renaissance sculptor, architect, and engineer....

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He died in Milan in 1469.