Paolo della Stella
Paolo della Stella (* around 1500 in Melano ; † October 1552 in Prague ) was an Italian sculptor, builder and architect of the Renaissance in Bohemia . He comes from Ticino and was probably trained by working at the churches in Lugano or Como . From 1538 he worked at the royal court in Prague, first as the head of a group of Italian sculptors and later as a builder at the Prague Castle and in the royal palaces in Bohemia . A sculpture of Paolo della Stella by Mořic Černil (1859–1933) stands in front of the sculpture school in Hořice (Horschitz).
Works
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- Creation of the royal gardens at Prague Castle, together with Bonifaz Wohlmut
- Belvedere or Queen Ann's Pleasure House in the Royal Gardens
- Originally planning for the building, since 1545 active as site manager, after his death completed by Bonifaz Wohlmut
- Reliefs with mythological themes on the bases of the columns - a major work of Renaissance sculpture in Central Europe (completed together with other Italian sculptors in 1552)
- Stucco work on the Stern pleasure palace near Prague
- Repairs to St. Vitus Cathedral and other buildings in Prague Castle after the great fire of 1541
- Suggestions for painting the vaults in the Vladislav Hall in the old Royal Palace of Prague Castle
- Suggestions for changing the arcades at Poděbrady Castle (Poděbrady)
- Planning changes and construction supervision at Brandýs nad Labem Castle (Brandeis on the Elbe)
- Construction supervision at Kostelec nad Černými lesy Castle (Schwarzkosteletz), built according to plans by the builders Hans Tirol and Ulrico Aostalli
- Suggestions for the east wing at Nelahozeves Castle (Mühlhausen) by the royal councilor Florian Griespek von Griespach
literature
- Anděla Horová, among others: Nová encyklopedie českého výtvarného umění N – Ž. Academia, Praha, 1995, 785 pp.
Web links
Commons : Paolo della Stella - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Royal Gardens (accessed February 22, 2017)
- ↑ Belvedere pleasure palace. In: arch INFORM ; accessed on March 22, 2017.
- ^ Prague, White Mountain (accessed on February 22, 2017)
- ↑ Castles in Central Bohemia (accessed on February 22, 2017)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stella, Paolo della |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian sculptor, builder and architect of the Renaissance in Bohemia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1500 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Melano |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 1552 |
| Place of death | Prague |