Maximilian of Pasqualini

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Maximilian von Pasqualini (born August 12, 1534, presumably in Buren , † 1572, presumably in Jülich ) was an Italian architect.

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Maximilian von Pasqualini was a son of the architect Alessandro Pasqualini and Elisabeth Schouten. His brother Johann (I.) von Pasqualini also worked as an architect. He himself married Ida Tack around 1560, with whom he had four sons, two of whom died young. Pasqualini's and Alexander's sons, John II, worked as architects and engineers.

Von Pasqualini received training from his father and then probably traveled to Italy to study. In 1566 he carried on the orders of his father, who was staying in Bielefeld , in the duchies of Jülich-Kleve-Berg . He then designed buildings and fortifications for Duke Wilhelm V. in Bensberg , Brüggen , Grevenbroich , Hambach , Heinsberg , Jülich, Kleve , Monschau , Münstereifel , Sinzig and Sittard . In Jülich in particular, he worked on the palace, armory, town hall and fortresses. Allegedly he also planned the facade of the so-called archive building there, which existed in this form until the 19th century. However, sufficient evidence to be able to ascribe these plans to him is missing.

Another focus of the work of Pasqualinis was the Hambach Castle . The work was related to the expansion of the cities into a royal seat and court camp.

From 1558, von Pasqualini took over expansion measures at Rheydt Castle on behalf of Otto von Bylandt , but no written evidence exists for this. According to recent research on building history, the architect succeeded in combining existing, stylistically different structures into a new, uniform ensemble. In doing so, he created interior fittings that corresponded to contemporary requirements.

Von Pasqualini probably took over the construction work initiated by his father on the Düsseldorf Palace and created the plans for a new town hall in the city. He also received some orders from other builders. This included plans for the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress for Johann von der Leyen and Jakob III in 1564 and 1568 . from Eltz . He probably also had contacts with the Count von Arenberg.

style

All buildings attributed to Pasqualini no longer exist today. It is therefore difficult to classify his style. Since he mostly worked according to his father's plans, he had only a few degrees of freedom. His own designs were mostly simple functional buildings, for example a law firm in Kleve. While his father worked in the Italian style, Maximilian von Pasqualini took up regional, especially Dutch design forms. In the case of fortresses, however, he orientated himself towards his father.

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personal data
SURNAME Pasqualini, Maximilian von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian architect
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1534
PLACE OF BIRTH Boers
DATE OF DEATH 1572
Place of death Jülich