Benedict Annon

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His seal with the stonemason's mark

Benedict Annon (* 1627 in Como , Italy ; † 6. April 1702 in Kaisersteinbruch , Hungary, today Burgenland) was an Italian stonemason and sculptor of the Baroque .

Life

The Annon (e) family of stonemasons and sculptors worked primarily at Como Cathedral at the beginning of the 16th century .

Apprentice in Kaisersteinbruch

Benedict Annon came to the imperial quarry in 1641 , where master Thomas Ruffini , brother of the incumbent judge Andre Ruffini , hired him as an apprentice . In 1646 he was acquitted . In the course of his journeyman years we find him in the royal free town of Ödenburg in 1653 , in the registration book of the guild it is entered, Benedict Annon, a stonemason, born in Como in Wälschlandt, has deposited registration fee 8 kr, bet fee 2 groschen.

The next stage in his life took him back to Kaisersteinbruch to become master of the brotherhood there. His master Thomas Ruffini had died. From the fact that his inventory was only made two years later, it can be seen that it was a time of crisis in the quarry. The tough confrontation that erupted in the "Adlerstreit", the decision of Heiligenkreuzer - or Kaiser-Steinbruch.

Marriage to the former wife of the master

The widow Margaretha Ruffinin, after master stonemason Thomas Ruffini, who had been a neighbor in the quarry, married master Benedict Annon on July 24, 1655. Witnesses were Judge Ambrosius Regondi , Ambrosius Ferrethi , Paul Cleritz and Andre de Luca , all master stonemasons here. Now he was a full member of the Brotherhood. His wife died in 1665.

The war of 1683 had serious consequences for Annon, too, a promissory note of November 10, 1684 proves this, [...] that on my humble request and request in my highest house, I got there through the cruel ruin of the hereditary enemy .

Confirmation of the independent quarter drawer in 1684

Two children from a later marriage with Maria N. are documented from 1691. The godmother was a noble lady, Eva Rosina von Hartischen, wife of Mr. Johann Georg von Hartischen, Röm. Kayl. Your Majesty Officer.

Annon was sworn in court , senior master of the brotherhood and was given lifelong right to live in his house - without paying rent .

Tax list 1699

In the tax list of 1699 Benedict Annon was entered with a house and a cow.

Judgment Day in Steinbruch on June 15, 1701

The Benedict Annon should remain the house for enjoyment, except for further stately ordinance .

death

Annon died on April 6, 1702 at the age of 75. After his death the house was sold “ ex officio ” to the stonemason journeyman Martin Wolf because of high debts .

progeny

Daughter Rosina married the Kaisersteinbruch journeyman, Ambrosius Hutter, on February 13, 1718. Son Johannes Annon married Maria N. With the master Joseph Annon , the third generation, the name Annon ended in Kaisersteinbruch around 1780.

Works

Archival material

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Max Pfister , Repertorium der Magistri Luganensii , The forgotten largest cultural contribution of Switzerland to Europe , Volume 1. Self-published 1994. Pages not numbered, starting with Annone Battista to Annone Matteo.
  2. ^ Archives Mosonmagyaróvár , List of taxpayers in quarry 1699
  3. ↑ Communications No. 49, p. 8.
personal data
SURNAME Annon, Benedict
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian master stonemason of the Baroque
DATE OF BIRTH 1627
PLACE OF BIRTH Como
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 1702
Place of death Kaisersteinbruch