Giovanni Battista Carlone (architect)

Giovanni Battista Carlone (* around 1580/1590; † December 28, 1645 in Vienna ) from Rovio was a Swiss-Italian builder and architect . He should not be confused with the plasterer and sculptor of the same name, Giovanni Battista Carlone .

biography

Carlone worked for Prince Karl von Lichtenstein from 1614 and was the imperial court architect of Ferdinand II from 1620 to 1637. Large parts of the Vienna Hofburg can be traced back to his plans; he was responsible for the building supervision during the renovation of Pressburg Castle . From 1634 until his death he was the reconstruction of the Klosterneuburg Abbey deals

literature

Alexander Hajdecki: The dynasty families of the Italian master builders and masons of the Baroque in Vienna. In: Reports and communications from the Vienna Antiquities Association. Volume 39, 1906

Web links

Biography of Hubert Profanter at ArtistiItalianiAustria

Individual evidence

^ Carlone, Giovanni Battista . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 6 : Carlini-Cioci . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 7 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

personal data
SURNAME	Carlone, Giovanni Battista
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian builder and architect
DATE OF BIRTH	between 1580 and 1590
DATE OF DEATH	December 28, 1645
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Carlone, Giovanni Battista . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 6 : Carlini-Cioci . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 7 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).