Domenico Benedetto Cometta
Domenico Benedetto Cometa for Eckthurnu (also Dominik Benedict Cometa or Dominic Cometa from corner turn called * 1560 in Devoggio, part of Arogno in the canton of Ticino , † after 9. October 1620 in Budweis ) a predominantly was South Bohemia acting architect and builder Swiss ancestry
Life
Cometta was the son of Giovanni Cometta and the brother of the stonemason Antonio Cometta. From 1583 until his death he lived in Budweis, where he bought his first house in 1587 and another house on the main square of Budweis in 1601. From 1609 to 1620 Cometta was a member of the Budweis city council.
Cometta is best known as the master builder of the Bohemian aristocratic Rosenberg and Neuhaus families . From 1583 to 1595 he still worked under the direction of his brother-in-law Baldassare Maggi at the Castle of Hluboká nad Vltavou (Fraunberg Castle), after which he pursued his own construction projects.
He had two children with his wife Ludmilla Plánek. His son Giovanni Cometta († 1648) became mayor of Budweis. His nephew Giovanni studied at the Jesuit College in Český Krumlov and became dean of the Budweis diocese .
Works
Cometta managed the following construction projects:
- 1594: Armory (brewery from 1625) in Český Krumlov (Krumau)
- from 1595: Jesuit college in Jindřichův Hradec (Neuhaus), which Adam II von Neuhaus and his wife Katharina von Montfort had donated.
- 1596–1598: New construction of the Church of the Holy Trinity (today St. Jost) in Krumau
- 1598–1602: Budweiser Tor in Krumau
- 1599–1611: Extension of Třeboň Castle , where Petr Vok , the last Rosenberg, moved his residence.
- 1607: The church tower of Třeboň monastery was restored
- 1608: restoration of the Church of St. John the Baptist in Neuhaus after a fire.
literature
- Jarmila Krčalova: Domenico Benedeto a Antonio Comettové v jižních Čechách. In: Umění. XXVI, 1978, pp. 34-55 (Czech).
- Karel Šmrha: Českobudějovický stavitel Dominik Cometta z Eckthurnu. In: Jihočeský sborník historický. 27, 1958, pp. 6-8 (Czech).
Web links
- Jarmila Krčalova: COMETTA, Domenico Benedetto. In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Volume 27, treccani.it. 1982, accessed April 15, 2020 (Italian).
- Dominico Benedetto Cometta z Eckthurnu . In: Online encyclopedia encyklopedie.ckrumlov.cz about Krummau .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cometa, Domenico . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 7 : Cioffi – Cousyns . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 274 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ↑ Ursula Stevens: Domenico Benedetto Cometta. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. Retrieved March 14, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c d Jarmila Krčalova: COMETTA, Domenico Benedetto. In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Volume 27, treccani.it. 1982, accessed April 15, 2020 (Italian).
- ↑ Jan Sahula: Personální složení městských rad v Českých Budějovicích v 17. století ("Composition of the Budweis City Council in the 17th Century"). Diploma thesis, South Bohemian University in Budweis , Budweis 2015, pp. 69 and 107–112 ( PDF on theses.cz; Czech).
- ↑ Budějovická brána ÚSKP 33577 / 3-1169 in the monument catalog pamatkovykatalog.cz (Czech).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cometta, Domenico Benedetto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cometa, Dominik Benedikt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss builder and architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1560 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arogno , Ticino |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 1620 |
| Place of death | Ceske Budejovice |