Giovanni Battista Alliprandi

Giovanni Battista Alliprandi (also: Johann Baptist Alliprandi ; Alibrandi ; Alibrandini ; Alabriandi ; Aleprandi ; * around 1665 in Laino , Italy; † March 13, 1720 in Leitomischl ) was an architect of Italian descent who mainly worked in Bohemia .

family

Although Alliprandi was one of the most famous Baroque architects in Bohemia alongside Christoph Dientzenhofer and Johann Blasius Santini-Aichl , little is known about his origins. He was the son of the plasterer Lorenzo Alliprandi , who worked in Vienna . Giovanni Battista was married to Barbara Cecilia Bussi ( Buzzi ), with whom he had seven children. In 1709 he acquired Lesser Town citizenship and built a house for himself and his family in Ostruhová ulice (today Nerudová ).

job

In 1685 Giovanni Battista Alliprandi began an apprenticeship with the famous Viennese master builder Domenico Martinelli . From 1690 to 1695 he was employed as a parlier in the construction of the Marian pilgrimage church in Luže in East Bohemia , the plans of which came from Paul Ignaz Bayer . Alliprandi is listed twice as godfather in the registers of Luže.

From 1696 to 1702 Alliprandi worked as court architect for the aristocratic Czernin family . From 1697 he lived permanently in Prague, where he is listed as the highest imperial fortification master of the Prague castles for 1706 . In 1709 he became the house architect of Count Trautmannsdorff . In this position he made several trips to Vienna, where he probably got to know Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt and Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach as well as their architectural works and implemented the knowledge and suggestions he gained in his buildings in Bohemia. For 1712 he is proven as a fortification master in Eger .

In addition to building and renovating numerous castles in Bohemia, Alliprandi also built several Prague aristocratic palaces. His last commission from 1714 was the construction of the college church for the Leitomischler Piarists , which had been donated by Count Franz von Trautmannsdorff. Alliprandi died in Leitomischl and was buried in the local deanery church. His widow returned to Laino with five children.

Works

In Prague

• Palais Czernin (1696; final theses)
• Sternberg-Palais, Hradschin (1698–1708)
• Kaiserstein-Palais, Lesser Town (around 1700–1707)
• Hartig-Palais, Lesser Town (after 1701)
• Hrzán Palace, Old Town (from 1701)
• Lobkowitz Palace , formerly Přehořovský Palace, Lesser Town (1702–1707)
• Trinity Column, Lesser Town (1713–1714)
• House Trauttmannsdorf (1719)

In Bohemia

• Andělská Hora : Trinity Church (1696–1698)
• Beneschau : Design for the St. Anna Church (1705)
• Eger : design for the town hall (1712; only partially realized)
• Hořín near Mělník : hunting lodge (1696)
• Kosmonosy : Baroque rendering of the palace (from 1697); Loreto Chapel with Ambitenhof and Martinskapelle (after 1700)
• Kuks : Trinity Church (around 1707); Convent building for the Brothers of Mercy; Bathing facilities
• Leitomischl : Piarist cruciform church (from 1714) and design for the Marian column
• Opočno : Baroque renovation of the castle church (1712)
• Favorite : Castle (1696–1706)
• Nedošín near Leitomischl: Stud (1719)
• Petrohrad : reconstruction of the castle (1697–1703)

literature

• V. Naňková: Giovanni Battista Alliprandi . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 2, Seemann, Leipzig 1986, ISBN 3-363-00115-0 , p. 539 f.
• Oscar Pollak: Aliprandi, Johann Baptist . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 1 : Aa – Antonio de Miraguel . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1907, p. 291 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Web links

Commons : Giovanni Battista Alliprandi  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Giovanni Battista Alliprandi on prostor-ad.cz (Czech)