Gabriel Tola

Gabriel Tola (* before 1525 in Brescia , Italy , † probably before 1575 in Dresden ) was an Italian-born painter and musician of the Renaissance who worked at the Saxon court in Dresden.

Life

In 1549 Tola and his younger brothers Benedict and Quirin (trumpeter) were sent by the Prince-Bishop of Trento, Cristoforo Madruzzo , from Brescia to Dresden to the Electoral Saxon court under Elector Moritz , where they were supposed to work as musicians but also as painters. He and his brother Benedict had been working here as a painter since 1548 on the sgraffito decorations for the expansion of the residential palace and were the first instrumentalists in the electoral court orchestra . In 1563 they paint a ceiling and a vault in the great castle tower.

What has been preserved is an exchange of letters with the elector after eight years of service at the Dresden court, in which pension claims and commissioned work are dealt with.

Tola married Anna (née Hahn) around 1555. Benedict was married to a Helene (nee de Purgorii), a daughter of Jacobus Bruni de Purgorio and his wife Katharina (nee Durata, † 1580). Agnesia Tola (1551 – approx. 1621), the daughter of Benedict Tola, married the conductor Antonio Scandello (1517–1580).

The year of death of the brothers is not known. Around 1575 none of the brothers appear in the court books.

literature

Thola (Tola), Gabriel de; Thola (Tola), Benedict de . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 33 : Theodotos vacation . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1939, p. 45 .
The instruments and painters brothers de Tola and the conductor Antonius Scandellus . In: Karl von Weber (ed.): Archives for the Saxon history . tape 4 . Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1866, p. 167 ff . ( books.google.de ).

Web links

Ask the Tola brothers for a salary allowance for their brother, for painting services and for travel permits. (PDF) quellenlese.de, April 1557(transcript).; accessed on February 11, 2018
The three Tola brothers are given a lifelong support at the court of Electoral Saxony. (PDF) quellenlese.de, April 28, 1557(transcript).; accessed on February 11, 2018

Individual evidence

↑ stadtwikidd.de
^ Karl Gebhard: Contributions to the history of the culture of the sciences, arts and crafts in Saxony from the 6th to the end of the 17th century . Walther Hofbuchhandlung, Dresden 1823, p. 134 ( books.google.de ).
^ Reinhard Kade: Antonius Scandellus 1517-1580 a contribution to the history of the Dresden court choir . In: Max Seiffert (Hrsg.): Anthologies of the international music society . 15th year, issue 4. (July – September 1914). Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig 1914, p. 535-565, here p. 541 , JSTOR : 929307 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive - Family Tree).

personal data
SURNAME	Tola, Gabriel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian-born painter and musician of the Renaissance
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1525
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brescia , Italy
DATE OF DEATH	before 1575
Place of death	Dresden

[1] stadtwikidd.de

[2] Karl Gebhard: Contributions to the history of the culture of the sciences, arts and crafts in Saxony from the 6th to the end of the 17th century . Walther Hofbuchhandlung, Dresden 1823, p. 134 ( books.google.de ).

[3] Reinhard Kade: Antonius Scandellus 1517-1580 a contribution to the history of the Dresden court choir . In: Max Seiffert (Hrsg.): Anthologies of the international music society . 15th year, issue 4. (July – September 1914). Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig 1914, p. 535-565, here p. 541 , JSTOR : 929307 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive - Family Tree).