Giovanni Battista Grone
Giovanni Battista Grone , also Grones (* 1682 in Venice ; † May 10, 1748 in Dresden ), was an Italian theater painter , set designer and architect who can be assigned to the Baroque .
Among other things, he painted the inner dome of the Dresden Frauenkirche .
From 1719 Grone lived in Dresden at the court of Elector August the Strong . In 1740 he became a court set designer and court architect.
Work
- Decoration of the Opera House at the Zwinger , Dresden (1719)
- Moritzburg Hunting and Baroque Palace (1726)
- Hubertusburg Palace Chapel (1729)
- Altarpiece for the church of Großhartmannsdorf (1738)
literature
- Fritz Löffler: Grone, Johann Baptist. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 126 f. ( Digitized version ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grone, Giovanni Battista |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grone, Johann Baptist; Grones, Giovanni Battista |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian theater painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1682 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Venice |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 1748 |
| Place of death | Dresden |