Baldassare Maggi

Jindřichův Hradec Castle

Telč Castle

Rožmberk nad Vltavou Castle

Baldassare Maggi (* before 1550 in Arogno / Ticino ; † 27. March 1629 ) was a predominantly in Bohemia and Moravia acting architect and builder Swiss descent.

Life

Maggi was the son of Stefano Maggi and Catalina Cometta. Maggi was first mentioned in 1575 when he was commissioned by Wilhelm von Rosenberg to carry out the renovations of Český Krumlov Castle together with the architect Antonio Ericer , whose successor he later became .

Local records indicate that Maggi returned to Arogno often. Maggi's first wife, Marta Petrucci, came from the neighboring town of Maroggia and gave birth to a daughter named Maddalena around 1577. In 1592 Maggi's second wife, Catarina Cometta, gave birth to their son Stefano, who however died at the age of five.

Baldassare Maggi was best known as the architect of the Bohemian aristocratic Rosenberg and von Neuhaus families . Maggi's employees included his two brothers-in-law Antonio and Domenico Benedetto Cometta from his home town of Arogno, the plasterer Giovanni Maria Falconi from the neighboring town of Rovio and the painter Antonio Melana from Melano .

Works

Works of Maggi still preserved (sorted by start of construction):

• 1575–1590: Castle Český Krumlov (Krumau Castle), reconstruction of the castle into a representative Renaissance residence for the Bohemian castle count Wilhelm von Rosenberg.
• until 1580: Telč Castle , reconstruction of the former castle for the Moravian governor Zacharias von Neuhaus .
• 1580–1596: Jindřichův Hradec Castle (Neuhaus Castle), conversion of the former Gothic castle into a representative renaissance castle during the reign of Joachim and Adam II von Neuhaus together with Antonio Melana and Antonio Cometta. The new building and the Spanish wing as well as the connecting large and small arcades were built. The Rondell, also created by Baldassare Maggi in 1596, is a major work of the Bohemian Renaissance.
• 1581–1584: Bechyně Castle , redesign of the former Gothic castle into a Renaissance castle for Peter Wok von Rosenberg , who resided in the castle until the death of his brother Wilhelm in 1592.
• 1583–1589: Kratochvíle Castle , reconstruction into a Renaissance castle by order of Wilhelm von Rosenberg, paintings by Antonio Melana.
• 1586–1588: Jesuit college in Český Krumlov (Krumau), new building.
• 1600–1612: Rožmberk Castle (Rosenberg Castle), conversion of the Lower Castle into a Renaissance chateau by order of Peter Wok von Rosenberg.

Maggi's works, which later underwent major renovations:

• 1580–1598: Hluboká nad Vltavou Castle (Fraunberg Castle), conversion of the former castle into a Renaissance castle, which Johann Adolf II zu Schwarzenberg redesigned in the 19th century in the Romantic style.

Works attributed to Maggi:

• 1570s: Town hall in Telč , renovation with the year 1574 on the graffiti facade.
• 1580–84: Helfštýn Castle , extensions

Works in the style of Maggis:

• 1588–93: Castle in Brtnice , extensions

literature

• Joachim Bahlcke , Winfried Eberhard, Miloslav Polívka (eds.): Handbook of historical places . Volume: Bohemia and Moravia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 329). Kröner, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-520-32901-8 , pp. 25, 54, 400, 525, 601f.
• Lara Calderari: Baldassare Maggi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 6, 2009 , accessed May 15, 2020 .
• Jarmila Krčálová: The Dictionary of Art. Volume 20, pp. 89–90.
• Jarmila Krčálová: Renesanční stavby Baldasara Maggiho v Čechách a na Moravě. Academia, Prague 1986, 128 pages (Czech).
  Italian version: Opere rinascimentali di Baldassare Maggi nei paesi cechi. Armando Dadò Editore, Locarno 1994, ISBN 88-86315-05-8 .

Web links

Commons : Baldassare Maggi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} U. Stevens: Baldassare Maggi. In: artistiticinesi-ineuropa.ch (private website Ticino artists in Europe, 13th – 19th centuries ), accessed on December 8, 2019.
2. ↑ Maggi, Baldassarre . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 23 : Leitenstorfer – Mander . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1929.