Francesco Caratti
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Francesco Caratti (* around 1615 in Bissone , Switzerland ; † January 30, 1677 in Prague ) was an Italian - Swiss architect of the early Baroque in Bohemia .
Life
Caratti comes from the Swiss canton of Ticino and learned his trade in northern Italy , Vienna , Valtice and Prague. In 1652 he settled in Prague, where he was soon one of the most important architects alongside Carlo Lurago and Giovanni Domenico Orsi de Orsini . His main works in Prague include the Lesser Town Church of St. Mary Magdalene, begun in 1656, and the Czernin Palace, which was built between 1669 and 1692. Outside Prague he built from 1653 to 1665 for the family Lobkowitz the Raudnitz Castle .
Giovanni Battista Maderna was one of his students.
On November 22nd, 1656 he married Veronica, daughter of the ennobled Viennese court sculptor Pietro Maino Maderno in Bissone on Lake Lugano . He had worked with Maderno from 1645 on behalf of Prince Karl Eusebius von Liechtenstein in Eisgrub , known as a master stonemason.
Buildings
In Prague
- Palais Czernin ( the draft will of Bernini submitted )
- Palais Nostitz
- Drafts for the building wing of the Clementinum ( executed by Carlo Lurago )
- Salvatorkirche : dome
- Jesuit college at the St. Nicholas Church ( together with Giovanni Domenico Orsi de Orsini )
- Old royal palace at the Hradschin : eagle fountain in front of the entrance
In other places in Bohemia
- Feldsberg : Redesign of the castle
- Kosmanos : Holy Cross Church
- Neuhaus : Baroque transformation of the Maria Magdalenen Church ( together with Giovanni Domenico Orsi de Orsini )
- Neubistritz : Trinity Church of the Pauliner Monastery
- Raudnitz : Baroque transformation of the palace ( together with Antonio della Porta )
literature
- Erhard Gorys : DuMont art travel guide Czech Republic. Culture, landscape and history in Bohemia and Moravia. DuMont, Cologne 1994, ISBN 3-7701-2844-3 .
- Knaur's art guide Czech Republic. ISBN 3-426-26609-1 .
- Daniela Pauli Falconi: Francesco Caratti. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 3, 2003 , accessed January 13, 2020 .
- Pavel Vlček: Francesco Caratti. Umění 32, Prague 1984.
Web links
- Biography Francesco Caratti http://www.artistiticinesi-ineuropa.ch/deu/caratti-f-deu.html
- Francesco Caratti. In: arch INFORM .
- Francesco Caratti (Italian) on ti.ch/can/oltreconfiniti
Individual evidence
- ↑ Herbert Haupt: From the passion to the beautiful, Prince Karl Eusebius von Liechtenstein (1611-1684). Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 1998, p. 163.
- ^ Collaboration with Francesco della Torre , Giovanni Battista Passerini at the Clementinum , Adlerbrunnen, in: Helmuth Furch , Historisches Lexikon Kaisersteinbruch. Volume 2 I – Z, Index Caratti Francesco, Museum and Culture Association Kaisersteinbruch , Bruckneudorf-Kaisersteinbruch 2004.
- ^ Historical lexicon Kaisersteinbruch. Volume 2 I-Z. PDF.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Caratti, Francesco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian architect of the early baroque in Bohemia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1615 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bissone , Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 1677 |
| Place of death | Prague |