Johann Lorentisch
Johann Loren table (also Lawrence, * 1610 in Kaisersteinbruch ; † 7. April 1666 in Kaisersteinbruch, Hungary , now Burgenland ) was an Italian master stonemason and sculptor of the Baroque . In the Heiligenkreuz documents the name Lorentisch applies, Laurenti from Carabbia , also Lorenzi , is possible .
Life
Master stonemason Pietro Maino Maderno took on the boy Johann, son of master Mathias Lorentisch, as an apprentice in 1624 . He was acquitted as a journeyman in 1629. He married Catharina Rattin, widow after the journeyman Mathias Ratt, and in 1640 became a master.
Craft regulations 1650
After Mathias Lorentisch died in 1654, his widow Maria handed over the family property to her son Johann. The inventory listed it exactly, there were also debts to be paid, of the remainder (as is common practice) the mother received one half, the other the 3 siblings together. In 1656 his wife Catharina died.
Marriage in St. Stephen's Cathedral in 1661
On January 9, 1661, Johann Lorentisch married Anna Catharina, daughter of the imperial master builder Simone Retacco in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna. The groom's witnesses were the noble and esteemed master and master Silvestro Carlone , master mason, Francesco della Torre , stonemason. Groomsmen of the bride: Master Carolus Martin Carlone , bricklayer, the artful and well-experienced Mr. Carpoforo Tencalla , painter. With that he had penetrated to the very core of the Italian artists in Vienna.
Church father
With Ambrosius Ferrethi , Johann Lorentisch was appointed church father of the Kaisersteinbruch Church .
Death 1666
On April 7, 1666, Johann Lorentisch died as a wealthy master. The house, including the quarry, large quantities of carved stones, vineyards in Breitenbrunn and Sommerein , all that married widow Anna Catharina the Antonius Pery .
Works
- 1647–1651 Kaisersteinbruch Church , construction of the church tower, so that debts of father Mathias Lorentisch can be settled again.
- Town house of Count Colloredo , Field Marshal , Prior of the Order of Malta , State Councilor of Emperor Leopold I , stone carvings
- 1658–1661 the Jesuit professorship , Platz am Hof in Vienna, Kaiserstein facade (demolished in 1912)
- 1662 Church at the court in Vienna, commissioned by Empress-Widow Eleonore von Gonzaga , architect Carlo Antonio Carlone, early baroque facade with remarkable arbor, stone carvings by master Johann Lorentisch, sculptor Antonius Pery , both from Kaisersteinbruch .
Archival material
- Heiligenkreuz Abbey Archive, register, church bills, billing bills, inventory of Catharina Lorentischin, wife and inventory of Johann Lorentisch .
literature
- Helmuth Furch , in communications from the Kaisersteinbruch Museum and Culture Association ISBN 978-3-9504555-3-3 .
- Master stonemasons who worked in Vienna and in the quarry on Leithaberg , No. 24, S 15-20, February 1993
- Italians in quarry on Leithaberg , No. 12, S6f, October 1991
- The masters of an honorable craft of stonemasons and masons in the imperial quarry on Leythaberg, Part 1 , No. 28, pp. 18-25, October 1993
- The Masters, Part 2 , No. 30, pp. 21-29, January 1994
- Helmuth Furch, Historisches Lexikon Kaisersteinbruch , 2 volumes, Museum and Cultural Association Kaisersteinbruch 2002–2004. ISBN 978-3-9504555-8-8 .
Web links
- ↑ Kaisersteinbruch in "Ticino Artists in Europe" http://www.tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch/deu/kaisersteinbruch-deu.html . On this website Johann Lorentisch is assigned the Italian name Giovanni Lorenzi (Laurentius).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lorentisch, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian master stonemason of the Baroque |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1610 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kaisersteinbruch |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1666 |
| Place of death | Kaisersteinbruch |