Bartholomew Pethan

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Kaiser Ebersdorf, hand drawing by Wolfgang Wilhelm Prämer
New building, hand drawing by Prämer

Bartholomäus Pethan (also Bethan , Petay or Patoi ) was a master stonemason from northern Italy .

Buildings for the emperor

From around 1560 he and his journeymen received orders for the imperial buildings. In the archives he is referred to as his co-master Antonius Pozzo from Dornbach . In 1573 Pethan was given a house in Dornbach as a treat . Master stonemasons Alexius Payos and Augustin Rigobello also worked in the Rodaun quarry for a few years before they came to the imperial quarry.

On November 7th, 1564 he received a grace money of 20 florins .
Pethan wanted to spend the winter of 1565/66 with his journeymen at home, for which Emperor Maximilian II issued him a passport letter on November 15.

Hofburg, Ebersdorf Castle

In 1564/65 Pethan and Pozzo worked on windows and doors for Ebersdorf Castle , furthermore on 27 arches of 70 fl each for the " Obristengang ", which led from the Stallburg into the Hoflustgarten.

New building

Pethan and Pozzo had been working in the New Lustgarten since 1569 , including his journeyman Alexius Payos .

1576 new quarry on Leithaberg, 1579 your kayserl. Majesty Quarry on Leithaberg

In 1576 the new quarry on Leithaberg was documented for the first time with stone carving and deliveries for the new pheasant garden building in the court chamber archive. We learn that the two master stonemasons Bartholomäus Pethan and Antonius Pozzo are the pillars for the western gallery. .. run the large corridor towards the dike (pond) with round columns and stone works . Kaiserstein (rock) #Kaiserstein for the Roman-German Emperor Maximilian II in the Neugebuilding

On April 17, the chamber had instructed the keeper of the Trautmannsdorf estate to repair the bridge over the Leitha so that the carters would not be hindered with their stone deliveries intended for the new building.

The stone broken in the Kaisersteinbruch was considered the best in Lower Austria.

After the emperor's death, construction work on the new building continued slowly. In 1579 the pillars of the eastern gallery stood, which we can see from a petition addressed to Emperor Rudolph II by master stonemasons Bartholomäus Pethan and Antonius Pozzo in early 1580. Both of them were promised an additional 200 fl. Each for their arduous and not harmless work, but then they were not given.

On the window frames and similar profiles of the new building there is often a “B” as a stonemason's mark, which probably means Bartholomäus or Bethan. Master Friedrich Sacrificial Cow made a rubble of it and added his comment.

From the new building to the Gloriette in Schönbrunn Palace Gardens

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Helmuth Furch : Historical Lexicon Kaisersteinbruch, Pethan Bartholomäus . Vol. 2, pp. 325, 591 f , 894. Kaisersteinbruch 2004. ISBN 978-3-9504555-8-8 .
  2. ↑ Hilda Lietzmann : The new building in Vienna, Sultan Süleyman's tent - Maximilian II. Pleasure palace. Deutscher Kunstverlag 1987. ISBN 3-422-06008-1
  3. ↑ Hofkammerarchiv, Gedenkbuch 120, fol. 531. Regesten 11542
  4. ↑ Hofkammerarchiv, Gedenkbuch 95, fol. 142-143. Regest 4377
  5. ↑ Regesten 11861
  6. ↑ Hofkammerarchiv, Niederösterreichische Herrschaftsakten W 61 / A 2, fol. 414-419. and Vice Cathedral Main Accounts No. 595, 1566, fol. 282.
  7. ↑ Harry Kühnel , The Hofburg . The Rom. Kays. Majesty, our most gracious Lord Burg, city ​​map 1547 . In: Wiener Geschichtsblätter Volume 5, p. 39, Paul Zsolnay Verlag , 1971.
  8. ↑ Vice Cathedral Main Accounts No. 596, 1569, fol. 296.
  9. ↑ Hilda Lietzmann: The new building in Vienna p. 80.
  10. ^ Franz Schweickhardt von Sickingen , representation of the Archduchy of Austria under the Enns. Volume 3, Quarter under the Vienna Woods . Vienna 1831 - Most of the window and door frames in Vienna and the surrounding area were made from this stone.
personal data
SURNAME Pethan, Bartholomew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian master stonemason
DATE OF BIRTH 16th Century
DATE OF DEATH 16th century or 17th century