Domenico Boscho
Domenico Boscho (* unknown; † September 13, 1721 in Graz ) was an Italian plasterer who worked in Styria. In the literature, his first name is also given as Domenicus or Johannes Domenicus and his surname as Bosco, Poscho, Poschuo or Wotschkä.
Origin and life
It is not known when and where Domenico Boscho was born. It is only certain that it comes from Italy; presumably he had a permanent residence in Graz. There is no evidence that Boscho was related to the Boscogo family in Milan or the Bossi family of plasterers in Italy. It is also unlikely that he and Domenico Bosso, who worked in Osnabrück around 1670 , were the same person.
It is documented that Boscho worked as a journeyman for the Graz plasterer Anton Therugy in 1695, as he, together with the journeymen Anton Berloscho and Peter Zaar, led a lawsuit against Therugy because of a wages owed by the workers. It seems, however, that Boscho had already worked independently before, as indicated by his signature on a stucco ceiling dated July 16, 1693 in Hainfeld Castle . In 1699 his daughter Eva Maria Spuria was born in Graz.
Around 1705 he worked on behalf of Abbot Martin Prunmayr in Neuberg Abbey . From 1706 he worked on behalf of Ignaz Maria Graf Attems together with Carlo Francesco Casagrande and Peter Zaar at the Palais Attems . In 1721 he worked with Carlo Federigo Formentini on the stucco work for the Maria Freienstein pilgrimage church in Sankt Peter-Freienstein .
style
His style changed over time and probably under the influence of Carlo Francesco Casagrande from high baroque to the beginning of banding . Characteristic for Boscho are tightly packed putti bodies and polychrome acanthus tendrils .
Works
Boscho's works include:
- The stucco facade on the so-called Luegg-Haus on the corner of Sporgasse and Hauptplatz in Graz. However, it is not certain that this work was not carried out by a workshop under the leadership of Boscho.
- A broad-lobed acanthus stucco from around 1690 to 1693 on the vault of the former Anna Chapel at Grazer Herrengasse 23, where a business has been located since 1828.
- richly decorated stucco ceilings from 1693 in Hainfeld Castle in the municipality of Leitersdorf in the Raab Valley
- Ceiling stucco and stucco work from the years 1692 to 1694 on the window niches of the Graz Jesuit College
- Stucco work from 1700 in the west and cruciform chapel of the Vorau Abbey
- Stucco work on the wall of the choir of the basilica of Mariazell from 1703 , which was designed together with Carlo Francesco Casagrande.
- Ceiling stucco from 1704 in the Graz Kalvarienbergkirche
- dated to the year 1705, plastic overdoors -Stuckdeckor in the dormitory of the pin Neuberg
- Together with Carlo Francesco Casagrande and Peter Zaar, Boscho designed stucco work in the stairwells and ceilings of the Palais Attems in Graz from 1706
- in collaboration with Carlo Francesco Casagrande stucco work in the Grazer Admonterhof from 1706
- Together with Carlo Francesco Casagrande, Boscho designed stucco work in the Mariahilf Minorite Monastery in Graz
- In 1721, together with Carlo Federigo Formentini , the stucco ceilings in the pilgrimage church of Maria Freienstein in Sankt Peter-Freienstein , no longer preserved today
- probably the stucco work in the nave vault and in the choir of the former collegiate church of Stainz Abbey .
Furthermore, there are several stucco work in Styria that was carried out in its way and that suggest a workshop.
Web links
Entry about Domenico Boscho on Artisti Italiani in Austria , a project of the University of Innsbruck
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Entry about Domenico Boscho on Artisti Italiani in Austria , a project of the University of Innsbruck, accessed on June 10, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boscho, Domenico |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian plasterer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1693 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 13, 1721 |
| Place of death | Graz |