Antonio Giuseppe Bossi

Monarchia (sole rule) by Antonio Bossi, one of the eight stucco figures in the antechamber of the imperial hall of the former imperial abbey Ottobeuren: Allegories of rulership and its virtues

Detail of the ceiling stucco in the White Hall of the Würzburg Residence

Both the ceiling stucco and the two groups of figures in the garden hall of the Würzburg residence are by Antonio Bossi. Here the view of the southern of the two groups of figures

The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit: "Spirit of the fear of God" , by Antonio Bossi, in the former chapter house of Oberzell monastery, now sacristy

Antonio Giuseppe Bossi (* 1699 in Porto Ceresio ; † February 10, 1764 in Würzburg ) was an important Italian plasterer. From 1735 he was court plasterer for the prince-bishops of Würzburg . He was active in the fields of sculpture and wall decoration throughout his life. In Würzburg he was in charge of stuccoing the Würzburg Residence and the former Premonstratensian Abbey in Oberzell . His works in the White Hall and the Imperial Hall of the Residenz are famous. So far he has been seen as a co-founder of the “Würzburg Rococo” around 1740, a stylistic term that is related to, together with the cabinetmaker and ornamental carver Ferdinand Hundt (1703–1758) and the painter and sculptor Johann Wolfgang van der Auwera (1708–1756) on Bossi has meanwhile been questioned.

Works

Bossi created his earliest verifiable work from 1727 to 1729 for the former Benedictine imperial abbey Ottobeuren (today Benedictine abbey Ottobeuren) under Abbot Rupert Ness :

1727–28, Eight life-size stucco figures for the antechamber of the imperial hall
1728, Six life-size stucco figures for the forecourt of the Abbot's Chapel
1728, Gilded angels on the canopy altar of the abbot's chapel
1728–29, stucco marble portals with allegorical women in the forecourt of the Abbot's Chapel (attributed to Bossi)
1729, Eight life-size stucco figures of the abbey staircase

Working in the former Hochstift Würzburg (1735–1764):

1737, Régence stucco work in the Würzburg Schönborn Chapel

1734–1738, figures in the Schönborn Chapel, including the statue of the Immaculate Virgin

before 1747, three altarpieces made of stucco marble in the Trinity Church in Gaibach

1744, White Hall of the Würzburg Residence

1741–46, the parade rooms of the prince-bishop's summer residence in Werneck were stuccoed (completely destroyed by 1853)

1745, the castle church of the prince-bishop's summer residence in Werneck is stuccoed, including the high altar with various sculptures

Plastering of the court church of the Würzburg residence

1749, garden hall of the Würzburg residence

before 1752, eight monumental, male stucco figures in the corners of the stairwell vault of the Würzburg residence

1752/53, stucco interior of Veitshöchheim Castle

1753, statue of a youth in the vestibule under the staircase of Veitshöchheim Castle

1753, altar with statues of the prince-bishop's chapel at Veitshöchheim Castle

1754/55, choir of the Dominican Church in Würzburg

1757 (with interruptions due to illness) to 1761, the parade rooms of the prince-bishop's residence in Würzburg were stuccoed

around 1761, groups of figures in the garden hall of the Würzburg residence

Around 1760, the former Premonstratensian Abbey in Oberzell , including the staircase, two refectories, the former chapter house, the former sacristy, parade rooms and corridors

literature

Richard Sedlmaier / Rudolf Pfister: The Prince-Bishop 's Residence in Würzburg , in: Castles in Bavaria in individual representations , Munich 1923.

Helene-Maria Sauren: Antonio Giuseppe Bossi. A Franconian stucco. Diss. Phil. Würzburg 1932.

Hanswernfried Muth: Former Premonstratensian Abbey, mother house of the Congregation of the Servants of the Holy Childhood of Jesus, Oberzell am Main Monastery . In: Schnell, Kunstführer . 2nd Edition. No. 586 (1953). Schnell and Steiner, Munich / Zurich 1986.

Ursula Röhlig: Bossi, Giuseppe Antonio. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 485 f. ( Digitized version ).

Tilman Breuer: The Italian stucco in the monastery buildings of Ottobeuren , in: Journal of the German Association for Art Science, Vol. 17 (1963), pp. 231-259.

Verena Friedrich: Rococo in the Würzburg Residence. Studies on ornament and decoration of the Rococo in the former prince-bishop's residence in Würzburg , in: Bavarian Palace Administration: Research on Art and Cultural History , Vol. 9, Publications of the Society for Franconian History Würzburg eV, 8th row: Sources and representations on Franconian art history , Vol. 15, 1st edition, Munich 2004.

Jost Albert and Werner Helmberger: Veitshöchheim Palace and Court Garden . In: Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung (Hrsg.): Official guide . 1st edition. Munich 2009.

Verena Friedrich: Rococo in Würzburg , in: Dorothea Klein and Franz Fuchs (eds.): Würzburger Ringvorlesungen. Würzburg, city of culture. Art, literature and science from the Schönborn period to the founding of the Empire , Würzburg 2013, pp. 75–105.

Dischinger, Böhm, Bauer-Wild, Prusinovsky OSB: Ottobeuren. Baroque imagery of the monastery building in painting and sculpture . Ed .: Benedictine Abbey Ottobeuren. EOS-Verlag, Sankt Ottilien 2014, ISBN 978-3-8306-7658-4 .

Manuel Mayer: Madness and Reality. Antonio Bossi's nameless stucco figure groups in the garden hall of the Würzburg Residence , in: Friends of Mainfränkischer Kunst und Geschichte eV Würzburg (Ed.): Mainfränkisches Jahrbuch für Geschichte und Kunst, Vol. 71, Spurbuchverlag, Würzburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-88778-573- 4 , pp. 53-75.

Web links

Commons : Antonio Bossi - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Antonio Bossi , short biography at the House of Bavarian History

Individual evidence

↑ Manuel Mayer: Madness and Reality. Antonio Bossi's nameless stucco figure groups in the garden hall of the Würzburg residence. In: Friends of Mainfränkischer Kunst und Geschichte eV Würzburg (Hrsg.): Mainfränkisches Jahrbuch für Geschichte und Kunst . tape 71 . Spurbuchverlag, Würzburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-88778-573-4 , p. 53-75 .
^ Dischinger, Böhm, Bauer-Wild, Prusinovsky OSB: Ottobeuren. Baroque imagery of the monastery building in painting and sculpture . Ed .: Benedictine Abbey Ottobeuren. EOS-Verlag, Sankt Ottilien 2014, ISBN 978-3-8306-7658-4 , p. 215-235, 237-245 and 464-473 .
↑ Stefan Kummer : Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes; Volume 2: From the Peasants' War in 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1814. Theiss, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8062-1477-8 , pp. 576–678 and 942–952, here: p. 662.
↑ Stefan Kummer: Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. 2004, p. 663.
↑ Stefan Kummer: Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. 2004, p. 657.
^ Jost Albert and Werner Helmberger: Veitshöchheim Palace and Court Garden . In: Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung (Hrsg.): Official guide . 1st edition of the new version. Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-932982-89-7 , pp. 12, 57-60, 61, 62, 64, 69, 72, 74-75, 76, 77, 79, 82 .
^ Jost Albert and Werner Helmberger: Veitshöchheim Palace and Court Garden . In: Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung (Hrsg.): Official guide . 1st edition. Munich 2009, p. 56 .
^ Jost Albert and Werner Helmberger: Veitshöchheim Palace and Court Garden . In: Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung (Hrsg.): Official guide . 1st edition. Munich 2009, p. 74-75 .
↑ Hanswernfried Muth: Former. Premonstratensian Abbey, mother house of the Congregation of the Servants of the Holy Childhood of Jesus, Oberzell am Main Monastery . In: Schnell, Kunstführer . 2nd edition (1986). No. 586 (1953) . Schnell and Steiner, Munich / Zurich 1986.

personal data
SURNAME	Bossi, Antonio Giuseppe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian plasterer
DATE OF BIRTH	1699
PLACE OF BIRTH	Porto Ceresio
DATE OF DEATH	February 10, 1764
Place of death	Wurzburg

[1] Manuel Mayer: Madness and Reality. Antonio Bossi's nameless stucco figure groups in the garden hall of the Würzburg residence. In: Friends of Mainfränkischer Kunst und Geschichte eV Würzburg (Hrsg.): Mainfränkisches Jahrbuch für Geschichte und Kunst . tape 71 . Spurbuchverlag, Würzburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-88778-573-4 , p. 53-75 .

[2] Dischinger, Böhm, Bauer-Wild, Prusinovsky OSB: Ottobeuren. Baroque imagery of the monastery building in painting and sculpture . Ed .: Benedictine Abbey Ottobeuren. EOS-Verlag, Sankt Ottilien 2014, ISBN 978-3-8306-7658-4 , p. 215-235, 237-245 and 464-473 .

[3] Stefan Kummer : Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes; Volume 2: From the Peasants' War in 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1814. Theiss, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8062-1477-8 , pp. 576–678 and 942–952, here: p. 662.

[4] Stefan Kummer: Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. 2004, p. 663.

[5] Stefan Kummer: Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. 2004, p. 657.

[6] Jost Albert and Werner Helmberger: Veitshöchheim Palace and Court Garden . In: Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung (Hrsg.): Official guide . 1st edition of the new version. Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-932982-89-7 , pp. 12, 57-60, 61, 62, 64, 69, 72, 74-75, 76, 77, 79, 82 .

[7] Jost Albert and Werner Helmberger: Veitshöchheim Palace and Court Garden . In: Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung (Hrsg.): Official guide . 1st edition. Munich 2009, p. 56 .

[8] Jost Albert and Werner Helmberger: Veitshöchheim Palace and Court Garden . In: Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung (Hrsg.): Official guide . 1st edition. Munich 2009, p. 74-75 .

[9] Hanswernfried Muth: Former. Premonstratensian Abbey, mother house of the Congregation of the Servants of the Holy Childhood of Jesus, Oberzell am Main Monastery . In: Schnell, Kunstführer . 2nd edition (1986). No. 586 (1953) . Schnell and Steiner, Munich / Zurich 1986.