Giovanni Domenico Barbieri

Giovanni Domenico Barbieri (born January 14, 1704 in Roveredo , † September 13, 1764 in Eichstätt ) was a builder from Graubünden who worked in the prince-bishopric of Eichstätt during the Baroque period .

Life

Epitaph of Giovanni Domenico Barbieri in the east cemetery of Eichstätt

Barbieri grew up in Roveredo in Misox in a merchant family. His father was Bartolomeo Barbieri († 1728), his mother Eufemia (Giacomina) geb. Comacia († 1745). He had nine siblings and, like many of his compatriots since the 16th century, who also became builders, went abroad. At the age of 16 he came in 1720 through the mediation of the builder Giovanni Rigalia the Elder. J. as an apprentice to the Wall in the residential town of the Hochstift Eichstätt , where he developed under the compatriot and prince-bishop architect Gabriel de Gabrieli to a master mason and finally to a respected palier or master builder in the service of the Eichstätter prince-bishop (1741) to the court builder and finally his career as Komisar building director of the cathedral chapter crowned. When he was even supposed to become the prince-bishop's court architect in 1758, he refused this request for health reasons.

In the course of his 44 years of activity in the prince-bishopric of Eichstätt - sometimes also outside - he achieved some prosperity, especially since he also built buildings with his own contract and occasionally also worked as an architect. He returned home ten times for visits. There he married Agnese Emerita in 1732, daughter of his cousin Pietro Barbieri, with whom he had six children; his third child, Giovanni Petro (1737-1783), studied in Eichstatt, then in Salzburg law . Another son, Giulio Carlo Giuseppe, was curate and vicar from 1740 to 1794. He financed his younger brother Giulio (1707–1766) to study theology at the University of Dillingen ; also donated valuable devices for churches in his homeland. His patron Gabrieli died in his arms in 1747; he erected his tomb in the Eichstätter Ostenfriedhof.

Barbieri left a handwritten autobiography that was donated to the Chur State Archives in 1992 . His grave epitaph has been preserved in the East Cemetery in Eichstätt.

relative

The Barbieri family produced several builders, some of whom worked at home and some abroad. The master Andrea Barbieri from Roveredo is mentioned for 1545 (works unknown). In 1619, Martino I. Barbieri (also: Balbierer) from Roveredo can be traced in Eichstätt , the builder of the Benedictine monastery church of St. Walburg and collaborator in the conversion of the Willibaldsburg into a renaissance castle according to plans by Elias Holl ; he was the great-grandfather of Giovanni. Domenico Barbieri (also: Domenico Barbe) from Roveredo († 1686), Giovanni's grandfather, built the St. Placidus Church in Disentis (Graubünden) from 1655 to 1658 and was commissioned to rebuild the west wing of the episcopal residence in Chur , which collapsed in 1661 .

His great uncle Giulio Barbieri built a wing of the St. Gallen monastery . Martino II. Barbieri von Roveredo built 1661 in Kempten , 1676 in Laax and 1676 and 1687 to 1696 Sulzbach AI . Pietro Barbieri von Roveredo can be identified as a master builder in Isny in 1660 and Alberto Barbieri von Roveredo in 1617 in Frohnstetten , 1623 in Laupheim and 1628 in Weissenau .

plant

The Dollnstein rectory in the Altmühltal - a work by Barbieri

Tomb of Gabriel de Gabrieli by Giovanni Domenico Barbieri in the Eichstätter Ostenfriedhof

Parish church of John the Baptist in Wachenzell

Giovanni Domenico Barbieri or Domenico Barbieri, as he was briefly called, worked on the following new buildings (N) or on their renovation / renewal (R), until 1747 as responsible Palier Gabrielis:

in Abenberg 1743 house of Kastner and the council (N), 1745 rectory (N),
in Allersberg 1723 Gilardi House and Manufactory (N), 1725 House of Ambrosius Heckel (N),
in Altdorf im Anlautertal 1733 church (N),
in Ansbach 1746 (N of a fountain?),
in Augsburg 1733/34 house of the pharmacist Johann Franz Frey (N),
in Baldern 1724 court chapel of the castle (N), 1726 gallery main staircase of the castle (N),
in Beilngries 1736 Altmühlbrücke (R), 1742/43 house of the chief magistrate von Hirschberg (N), 1760 Regens-Hueffnagelsches benefit house (N)
in Berching a tower (R), 1758 parish church (N),
Country road between Berching and Beilngries 1741/42 and 1745/46 (N),
in Bergen near Neuburg 1756/57 Holy Cross Church (N),
in Berolzheim 1748 the Lutheran rectory (N),
in Biburg 1756 Church of St. Clemens (N),
in Biesenhard 1743 hunter's house (N), 1754 inn (N),
in Bieswang 1763 (R of an unknown building),
in Breitenbrunn (Upper Palatinate) 1724 church (R),
in Buchenhüll 1746 pilgrimage church (R),
in Dietfurt an der Altmühl 1733/34 parish church St. Agidius (N), 1739 brewery of the Franciscan monastery (R),
in Dillingen an der Donau 1759 house of Countess Schöneck (R),
in Dollnstein 1743–1745 rectory (N),
58 buildings in Eichstätt, including 1724 Ostein -Hof (N), 1727/29 Welden-Hof (R), 1732, 1754–1756 Notre Dame Monastery (R), 1733 Gabriel de Gabrieli's house (R), 1735 slaughterhouse on the Hofmühle (R), 1735 Schönborn-Hof (N), 1737 Stadtpropstei (N), 1770–1742, 1758/59 Canon Court Ulm (R), 1743 Canon Court Schellardt (N), 1746 Fronfeste (N), 1747 tomb for Gabriel de Gabrieli (N), 1749/50 Domkapitelsche Trinkstube and courthouse (N), 1750 White Tower with city gate (N), 1755/56 Domkapitelscher grain box (N), 1757 Cathedral west facade (R), 1758/59 orphanage (N), 1760–1762 barracks (N), 1762/63 Spethscher Hof (seminary) (N),
in Eitensheim 1742 Amtsknechtshaus (N), 1754/55 rectory (N),
in Ensfeld 1734 rectory (N),
in Erkertshofen 1756 rectory (N),
in Göllersreuth near Thalmässing 1735 church (R),
in Grafenberg 1759 Filialkirche St. Bartholomäus (N),
in Greding 1739 house of the Amtsknechts (N), 1741/42 judges house (N), 1746 rectory (N), 1746 horse stables of the castle (N), 1761 church St. Martin (R),
in Großhöbing 1756 Amtsknechtshaus (N),
in Hainsberg near Dietfurt 1736/37, 1739 church and rectory (N),
in Herlingshard 1740 Gutshof (N),
in Herrieden 1743 city tower (N),
in Schloss Hirschberg 1729, 1738, 1761 (R), 1738 Halle (N)
in Hirschberg 1739 stables, cellar and barn of the brewery (N),
in Hofstetten 1746 stone bridge at the castle (N),
in Inching 1761 cellar of the castle (N),
in Irfersdorf 1747 rectory (R),
in Kipfenberg 1746 castle (N),
in Kottingwörth 1760/61 St. Vitus (N),
in Kreuth near Heideck 1756 castle (R), 1761 castle (N),
in Landershofen 1745 fisherman's house and barn of the court caster Gulden (N),
in Lenting 1747 rectory (R),
in mailing 1748 rectory (N),
in Marienstein 1763 monastery (R),
in Meihern near Riedenburg 1731 prince-bishop brewery (N), 1732, 1739 castle (R),
in Megesheim 1748 rectory (R),
in Meinheim 1748 Domkapitelscher grain box (N),
in Mönchsdeggingen 1747 Lutheran rectory (R),
in Mörnsheim 1746 Kastner-Haus (R),
in Moritzbrunn 1740 church and steeple (R), 1745 barn and stables (N),
in Mühlhausen 1750 rectory (N),
in Munich - Nymphenburg 1730 house of the merchant Rastellino (N),
in Nassenfels 1738 parish church St. Nikolaus (N),
in Oberhausen near Günzburg 1740 Castle of Franz Christoph Frhr. from Ramschwag (N),
in Obermässing 1736 castle (R),
in Oberschwaningen 1745 a tower (N),
in Oberwiesenacker 1727 parish church,
in Ochsenfeld 1751 House Velheim (N),
in Ornbau 1743/45 bridge and city gate (N),
in Pfahldorf 1760 parish church (N),
in Pfünz 1740/41 orangery in the castle park (N),
in Pleinfeld 1756 parish church and steeple (N), 1762 R on an unknown building,
in Pollenfeld 1745 church (N),
in Raitenbuch 1741 lock (R),
in Rebdorf 1761–1763 Augustiner Canon Monastery (R),
in Reichenau near Herrieden 1746 Jägerhaus (N),
in Rieshofen 1749 church (N),
in Roveredo 1739 stables (N), 1745 parental home (R),
1741 Sandsee Castle (R),
in Schambach im Schambachtal 1755 Holy Cross Church (N),
in Schernfeld 1745 Jägerhaus (N),
in Schutzendorf 1746 church extension (N),
in Sornhüll 1746 Jägerhaus (N),
in Spalt 1752/53 Palais des Stiftsdekan (N), 1753/54 house for two canons (N),
in Stetten near Gunzenhausen 1751 rectory (N),
in Titting 1742 brewery (N), 1747 rectory (N), 1760 church tower (R),
in Unterstall 1747 rectory (R), 1757 house of the early knife (N),
in Wachenzell 1764 parish church of St. John the Baptist (N),
in Weigersdorf 1745 church (N),
in Weilheim 1742 church (N), 1756 rectory (R),
in Weißenkirchen 1740 church (R), 1745 barns and stables (N),
in Wemding 1745 pilgrimage church Maria Brünnlein , building commission (N),
in Wettstetten 1761 rectory (N),
in Wittmess 1745 brickworks (N),
in Wolferstadt 1756 rectory (R).

literature

Celestino Trezzini : Giovanni Domenico Barbieri. In Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz, Volume 8, Supplement, p. 14 (PDF digitized version ), accessed on October 9, 2017.
Arnoldo Marcelliano Zendralli: Graubünden master builders and stucco workers in Germany during the Baroque and Rococo periods . Zurich 1930.
Max Pfister: Master builder from Graubünden - pioneer of the baroque. The external activities of the Graubünden master builders ... from the 16th to the 18th century . Bündner Monatsblatt, Chur 1993, pp. 104, 221.
Rembrant Fiedler: Graubündner builders in the Hochstift Eichstätt . In: Michael Kühlental (Ed.): Graubündner builders and plasterers. Contributions to research into their activities in Central Europe . Locarno 1997, pp. 276-280.
Silvio Margadant: Giovanni Domenico Barbieri (1704–1764) . Pro Grigioni Italiano , 1999.
Silvio Margadant and Emanuel Braun (eds.): Giovanni Domenico Barbieri (1704–1764). A Graubündner as master mason to the Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt. Autobiography and edition journal. German-Italian . With an introduction by Massimo Lardi and comments by Cesare Santi and Brun Appel. Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2004, 264 pp.
Rembrant Fiedler: A guest worker in the Altmühljura . In: The Jura House . 10, 2004/2005, pp. 44-49.
Cesare Santi: Giovanni Domenico Barbieri. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 10, 2002 .

Web links

Commons : Giovanni Domenico Barbieri - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Publications by and about Giovanni Domenico Barbieri in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library

personal data
SURNAME	Barbieri, Giovanni Domenico
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss builder of the baroque period
DATE OF BIRTH	January 14, 1704
PLACE OF BIRTH	Roveredo
DATE OF DEATH	September 13, 1764
Place of death	Eichstatt