Pedro de Ribera

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The Ermita de la Virgen del Puerto in Madrid (around 1718, rebuilt after being destroyed in the civil war in 1945) is still based strongly on the strict and linear architecture of the Escorial .
The portal of the Real Hospicio de San Fernando (today the Museum of the History of Madrid ) in Madrid (around 1725) is ideal with its consistent concealment or negation of classical structural elements (e.g. columns , capitals , lintels , pilasters, etc.) Example of the late baroque Churriguera style .
The portal of the chapel of the Madrid pawn shop and, at the same time, poorhouse Monte de Piedad (1733), with the obelisk-like pilasters on the sides and the architectural obscurity of the lintel, also corresponds to the principles of the Churriguera style, which were never fixed in writing.

Pedro de Ribera (born August 4, 1681 in Madrid ; † October 19, 1742 there) was a Spanish architect of the Baroque period .

biography

Pedro de Ribera was the son of the carpenter Juan de Ribera from Aragón and his wife Josefa Pérez . He was a student or employee of Teodoro Ardemans and José Benito de Churriguera and worked exclusively in Madrid throughout his life. In his early work he was still strongly oriented towards the strict architecture of Herrerianismo ; in his later drafts - especially in the portals and fountain designs - the late baroque Churriguera style came to bear more clearly. With the support of the head of the Madrid city administration, Francisco Antonio de Salcedo y Aguirre , Marqués de Vadillo, he was appointed deputy ( teniente ) of the chief architect of the Madrid city administration in 1718/19 ; after the death of the previous incumbent Ardemans (1726) he held this office ( Maestro Mayor de las Obras de Madrid ) personally and was also appointed the city's chief hydraulic engineer ( Maestro Mayor de Obras y Fuentes de la Villa y sus Viajes de Agua ) . His work was highly valued during his lifetime - except for King Philip V of French descent , who preferred Italian architects and artists. With the increasingly fashionable architecture of classicism and historicism , his baroque works fell into oblivion and were in some cases even destroyed.

Pedro de Ribera was married three times, widowed twice and had a total of nine children; after his death he was buried in the Iglesia de San Cayetano in Madrid , which he helped design .

Works

  • Paseo Nuevo and Puerta de San Vicente (1726–1727)
  • Ermita de Nuestra Señora del Puerto (1716-1718)
  • Cuartel del Conde-Duque (Guardias de Corps) (begun in 1717)
  • Puente de Toledo (1718-1732)
  • Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Montserrat (1720)
  • Real Hospicio del Ave María y San Fernando (1721–1726)
  • Iglesia de San Cayetano (1722–1737)
  • Church of San José (1730)
  • Portal of the chapel of the former poorhouse Monte de Piedad (1733)
  • Real Seminario de Nobles (ended 1725)
  • Fuente de la Mariblanca (1726)
  • Puente Verde (1728-1732)
  • Bridge over the Abroñigal (1729–1732)
  • Carmelitas Descalzas (1730–1742)
  • Monasterio de Uclés (1735)
  • Teatro de la Cruz (1743)
  • Camino Nuevo del Escorial (1737)
  • Palacio de Torrecilla (1716–1731)
  • Palacio del marqués de Miraflores (1731–1732)
  • Palacio de Santoña (1730–1734)
  • Palacio de Perales (1732)
  • Fuente de la Fama (1738–1742)

photos

  • Puente de Toledo (1718-1732)

  • Puente de Toledo - baroque bridge figure

  • Fuente de la Fama (1738–1742)

literature

  • Matilde Verdú Ruiz: La obra municipal de Pedro de Ribera. Ayuntamiento de Madrid. Madrid, 1988.
  • Matilde Verdú Ruiz: La ermita madrileña de la Virgen del Puerto, a brilliant portación del arquitecto Pedro de Ribera. Villa de Madrid, núm. 104. Ayuntamiento de Madrid. Madrid, 1991.

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personal data
SURNAME Ribera, Pedro de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish architect
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1681
PLACE OF BIRTH Madrid
DATE OF DEATH October 19, 1742
Place of death Madrid