Domenico Martinelli
Domenico Martinelli (born November 30, 1650 in Lucca ; † September 11, 1719 ibid.) Was an Italian Baroque architect who also worked in Vienna from 1690 to 1705 .
Life
Domenico Martinelli was ordained priest in Lucca, but also studied drawing and architecture. In 1678 he went to Rome to study with Carlo Fontana . He also went to Prague, Warsaw and Holland for study purposes. He also taught at the Accademia di San Luca , of which he was a member.
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In 1690 he moved to Vienna, brought there by Count Ferdinand Bonaventura von Harrach to build the Harrach Palace .
His skills were also valued by other Viennese aristocratic families, especially those of the Liechtensteins , but also Count Dominik Andreas Kaunitz .
For Prince Johann Adam Andreas I of Liechtenstein he built the Liechtenstein City Palace and the Liechtenstein Garden Palace in Lichtental (today in Vienna- Alsergrund ). The latter was created in a competition with, among others, the young Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and Domenico Egidio Rossi . In 1692 Martinelli was entrusted with construction management, as its construction corresponded to the prince's rather conservative taste.
He built a castle for Count Dominik Andreas Kaunitz near Austerlitz (near Brno ) around 1700, and Martinelli was probably also involved in the construction of the Kaunitz-Wittgenstein Palace , which Kaunitz built in Laxenburg at the same time . In 1705 Martinelli returned to Italy.
Stylistically, it is seen as the opposite pole to Fischer von Erlach and Hildebrandt , from whose dramatic and restless design it stood out in favor of a clear and block-like structure. His model was the Roman sculptor-architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680). He himself became, among other things, the "teacher" of the eichstättisch-prince-bishop's court building director Gabriel de Gabrieli , who worked with Martinelli in Vienna at a young age.
The imperial quarry
Mainly supporting architectural parts were made of the hardest Kaiserstein , so an intensive collaboration with Kaisersteinbruch masters is documented.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Martinelli, Dominik . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 17th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1867, p. 21 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Hellmut Lorenz : Martinelli, Domenico. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-428-00197-4 , p. 294 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Domenico Martinelli in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Domenico Martinelli in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry about Domenico Martinelli on Burgen-Austria
- ^ Helmuth Furch , Historisches Lexikon Kaisersteinbruch. Volume 2 I – Z, index: Martinelli Domenico, aiserstein: Martinelli buildings, Passerini , Regondi Sebastian , Ferrethi Ambrosius , Trumler Martin . Museum and cultural association Kaisersteinbruch , Bruckneudorf-Kaisersteinbruch 2004.
- ^ Historical lexicon Kaisersteinbruch. Volume 2 I-Z. PDF.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martinelli, Domenico |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian architect, active in Vienna (1690–1705) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1650 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lucca |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 11, 1719 |
| Place of death | Lucca |