Nikolaus Ambrosi

Nikolaus Ambrosi , also Nicolò Ambrosi, (born November 17, 1728 in Villa Lagarina near Trento, † after 1781) was an Italian sculptor .

Nikolaus Ambrosi lived in Vienna from 1756 with the support of Count Massimiliano Lodron, archpriest of his birthplace, and was trained at the Academy of Sculpture. After that he worked as a sculptor. In 1781 he became a member of the Vienna Art Academy and on March 23, 1781 he was awarded the first prize of the academy for his admission work Anakreon, which a girl wreaths with roses and a boy pours wine into a cup (plaster of paris , lost since 1836).

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Ambrosi, Nikolaus . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 1st part. University printing house L. C. Zamarski (formerly JP Sollinger), Vienna 1856, p. 27 ( digitized version ).
Julius Meyer (Ed.): General artist lexicon. Volume 1: Aa-Andreani. Engelmann, Leipzig 1872, p. 610 ( digitized in the Google book search).
Lodovico Oberziner : Ambrosi, Niccolò . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 1 : Aa – Antonio de Miraguel . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1907, p. 396 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Dankmar Trier: Ambrosi, Nicolò . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 2, Seemann, Leipzig 1986, ISBN 3-363-00115-0 , p. 158.

Web links

Nikolaus Ambrosi at archiv.belvedere.at

Individual evidence

↑ Münchner Stats-, learned, and mixed news. April 6, 1781, p. 223 ( digitized in the Google book search); The Wiener Wochenschrift. July 11, 1781, p. 21 ( digitized in the Google book search); Francesco Ambrosi: Scrittori ed artisti trentini. 2nd Edition. Forni, Bologna 1894, p. 159 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

personal data
SURNAME	Ambrosi, Nicholas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ambrosi, Niccolò; Ambrosi, Nicolò
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	November 17, 1728
PLACE OF BIRTH	Villa Lagarina
DATE OF DEATH	after 1781

[1] Münchner Stats-, learned, and mixed news. April 6, 1781, p. 223 ( digitized in the Google book search); The Wiener Wochenschrift. July 11, 1781, p. 21 ( digitized in the Google book search); Francesco Ambrosi: Scrittori ed artisti trentini. 2nd Edition. Forni, Bologna 1894, p. 159 ( limited preview in the Google book search).