Johann Friedrich Braunstein

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Johann Friedrich Braunstein ( Russian Иоганн Фридрих Браунштейн ) was a German - Russian architect in the service of Peter I and a representative of the Petrinian Baroque .

Life

Braunstein came from Nuremberg and worked in Berlin as Andreas Schlueter's assistant .

After the death of Frederick I Schlüter went in 1713 with manganese dioxide at the invitation of Peter I for St. Petersburg . There Braunstein took part in the bas-reliefs for the facade of the summer palace of Peter I in the summer garden .

After Schlüter's death in the spring of 1714, Braunstein took over Schlüter's position and was now responsible for all construction activities in Peterhof. These included various buildings that made up the Grand Palace and the Mon Plaisir pavilion (1714–1723). In 1716 Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond became Braunstein's superior. 1717 built Braunstein on Katarina I. estate Sarisa (Zaritzhof), then later by the first Catherine Palace Great Catherine Palace was replaced. After Le Blonds death in 1719, Braunstein continued the work alone. At the beginning of the 1720s he was appointed to Nicola Michetti . In 1722 Braunstein tried in vain to remove Michetti. He built the Great Grotto and cascades that made the Great Cascade . More cascades and fountains followed . He built the Palais Marly (1720-1723), which commemorates Peter I's stay in 1717 at Marly-le-Roi Palace , and the Hermitage Pavilion (1721-1724). He built the Great Orangery (1722–1725) together with Mikhail Grigoryevich Semtsov .

Braunstein played an important role in building Kronstadt . There he built the Italian Palace for Prince Alexander Danilowitsch Menshikov (1720–1724). He also worked in Oranienbaum on Menshikov's Great Palace , in Strelna and on the Great Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo .

After the death of Peter I in 1725, Braunstein lost his job in Peterhof. He now worked in the St. Petersburg construction firm. After Peter II took office in 1727, Braunstein was given leave of absence from the office and in January 1728 dismissed from the Russian civil service. In February 1728 he returned to Germany.

Works

  • Grand Palace, Peterhof

  • Palais Marly, Peterhof

  • Italian palace, Kronstadt

  • Menshikov's Grand Palace, Oranienbaum

  • Great Catherine Palace, Tsarskoye Selo

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Кириков Б. М., Штиглиц М. С .: Петербург немецких архитекторов от барокко до авангарда . Чистый лист, St. Petersburg 2002.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Rusartnet: Johann Friedrich Braunstein (accessed November 24, 2017).
  3. ↑ The Tsarskoye Selo State Museum-Preserve: Johann Friedrich Braunstein ( Memento of 1 December 2017 Internet Archive ) (accessed on 24 November 2017).
personal data
SURNAME Braunstein, Johann Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Браунштейн, Иоганн Фридрих (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Russian architect of the baroque era
DATE OF BIRTH 17th century
DATE OF DEATH after 1728