Constantino Tencalla

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The Sigismund Column on Warsaw Palace Square

Constantino Tencalla (actually: Costante Tencalla , * around 1590 or earlier in Bissone / Switzerland ; † 1646 in Warsaw ) was an architect of the Roman early Baroque who worked at the court of the Polish kings.

Life

Tencalla may have worked as a stonemason and sculptor in Rome from 1610 to 1619 under his compatriot Carlo Maderno . Around 1630 he went to Poland-Lithuania with a group of other Italian architects , at that time still under Sigismund III. Wasa rules. At first he lived in Vilnius , where he and an uncle were involved in building the Casimir Chapel. His name is also mentioned in a contract signed in January 1635 for the construction of a large altar in Vilnius Cathedral. The facade design of the Theresienkirche in Vilnius is also attributed to him.

Around 1640 Tencalla then moved to Warsaw, where he became the first architect of King Władysław IV Wasa . One of his most important works here was the design of the Sigismund Column , which - born out of the spirit of the Counter Reformation - was to become the symbol of the Polish capital. He was also responsible for the redesign of the marble hall as part of the renovation of the royal palace .

Buildings (selection)

  • Theresienkirche in Vilnius (1633–1650)
  • Kasimir Chapel in Vilnius Cathedral (1636)
  • Koniecpolski Palace (1643–1645)
  • Sigismund's Column (1644)
  • Modifications to the Warsaw Royal Castle
  • Kazanowski Palace

literature

  • Rūstis Kamuntavičius u. a .: Artisti del lago di Lugano e del Mendrisiotto in Lituania. In: Gli artisti del lago di Lugano e del Mendrisiotto nel Granducato di Lituania (from XVI to XVIII sec.). Ed. Giorgio Mollisi, “Arte & Storia”, Edizioni Ticino Management, anno 13, number 59, agosto-ottobre 2013, Lugano 2013.
  • Mariusz Karpowicz: Artisti ticinesi in Polonia nella prima metà del '600. Casagrande, Bellinzona 2002, pp. 135-153.
  • Ivano Proserpi: I Tencalla di Bissone. Fidia, Lugano 1999, pp. 47-75.
  • Mariusz Smoliński: Costante Tencalla. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 1, 2014 , accessed January 13, 2020 .

Web links

Commons : Constantino Tencalla  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c according to Austrian Academy of Sciences (Ed.), Roman Historical Messages , Volume 30, Austrian Cultural Institute in Rome. Department of Historical Studies, 1988, p. 181
  2. ↑ probably Giacopo Tencalla
  3. ↑ according to Wojciech Fijałkowski, Baroque Art in Poland. From the National Museum in Warsaw , National Museum Warsaw and Herzog Anton-Ulrich-Museum Braunschweig (ed.), Limnach, 1974, p. 12
personal data
SURNAME Tencalla, Constantino
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tencalla, Costante
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish architect
DATE OF BIRTH around 1590
PLACE OF BIRTH Bissone
DATE OF DEATH 1646
Place of death Warsaw