Pietro Solari

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Pietro Solari (* around 1530 in Verna near Lanzo d'Intelvi ( Italy ); † 1592 or before, in Kaisersteinbruch ) was an Italian sculptor and master stonemason , brother of Antonius Solari.

It is not possible to genealogically list and assemble all the artists with the name Solari .

Live and act

In the 16th century with the Turkish threat onset, first on Fortifikationsbau (fortification) was limited, then extended to artistic fields construction sector , had the architect , sculptor and stonemason out for suitable materials hold.

1551 new quarry on Leithaberg

With the permission of Abbot Konrad Schmid from Heiligenkreuz Abbey , or the Lower Austrian lords for the sovereign , they opened a new quarry on Leithaberg in 1551 , which has been anchored in the consciousness of experts since the Roman Castrum located here . Among the earliest Italians working in Kaisersteinbruch we find Antonius and Pietro Solari, Antonius Gardesoni , Antonius Pozzo , Bartholomäus Pethan , Elias- and Alexius Payos , Pietro Maino Maderno in the middle of the 16th century . Their names are primarily documented by the imperial buildings.

Schweizerhofbrunnen

Before that, Solari worked in Wiener Neustadt , was involved in the construction of the official building, one of the main shops of the stonemasonry and bricklaying trade next to the royal seat of Vienna, for which the stone masons of the quarry "near Wilfleinsdorf , or near Winden " (the name at the time) were also responsible. This white, very hard limestone , rediscovered near Vienna, was selected for the basin of a tubular fountain in the innermost core of the Vienna Hofburg , the Schweizerhofbrunnen . In the entire literature this fountain is assigned to the architect and painter Pietro Ferrabosco , he can only have written the plan drawing. The only known sculptor in the quarry during those years, Pietro Solari, carved it in stone.

Stallburg of the Vienna Hofburg

On behalf of Emperor Ferdinand I , the Renaissance palace around the square arcaded courtyard was converted into court stables from 1558 to 1562, under the direction of Hans Saphoy , master builder of St. Stephen, with the brothers Antonius and Pietro Solari and Antonius Gardesoni.

  • Schweizerhofbrunnen 1552

  • Heraldic eagle of Emperor Charles V

  • The Vienna Hofburg 1558

  • Hofburg with Swiss Gate, mid-16th century

  • Kottingbrunn moated castle

Marriage to Elisabeth Wollerin

Work in Wiener Neustadt is documented in 1563/83. Pietro married Elisabeth, daughter of master mason Anton Woller. The bricklayer Anton Woller was born in Trento , worked in Wiener Neustadt from 1543, received citizenship in 1550 , and was designated city master in 1564. That means that he runs the city's buildings. His son, the stonemason Jacob Woller bought a house with a garden in Kaisersteinbruch.

Kottingbrunn Castle

In the 16th century, Gandolf von Kienburg, as the owner of Kottingbrunn Palace, had a new main facade built. In the Renaissance style, the medieval building fabric was strictly standardized. Peter Solari is documented in this work.

Antonius Solari's request was approved in 1584

Abbot Ulrich Molitor from Heiligenkreuz Abbey recorded on December 6th, 1584 .. that at the intercession of honest people, we also admitted and approved the diligent request of the honorable Antonius Solari, stonemason and sculptor, that he would have a new plot of land on the Leithaberg on the Heiligenkreuz House of God Looking for a quarry and working in it should and may, but the previous stonemasons, if the stone quarries of the house of God existed, can remain undeterred and calm with theirs. From such a quarry he, Antonius Solari, owes and owes the interest and the inventory money to hand us from the house of God.

Antonius Solari † 1586

Brother Pietro wrote on January 7, 1587 .. I, Master Peter Solar, sculptor, hereby confess that Master Hans Baptista Schio, stonemason at Leithaberg, owed my brother Antonius Solar the salary of 212 gulden Eidtlohn. But because my brother passed away with death and such 212 guilders come to me hereditary .

bankruptcy

Hans Schio did the same for the due payment of all and every creditors .. the matter prospered on a crida .. so that more than 5  shillings a penny fell on the guilder and 133 guilders were allocated to me for the 212 guilders in cash .

In 1592 the Italian master stonemason Rochus Pollaci stayed in Wiener Neustadt as curator of the property of Pietro Solari, master Pietro had died.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Both possibilities are stated in the literature, which creates a conflict: Heiligenkreuzer quarry or Kaiser quarry
  2. ^ Gertrud Gerhartl , Wiener Neustadt. History, art, culture, economy. Brisk construction activity in the city . P. 240. Wilhelm Braumüller Universitäts-Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH. 1993. ISBN 3-7003-1032-3
  3. ^ Max Pfister , Repertory of Ticino Artists. Switzerland's largest, forgotten cultural contribution to Europe. Solari Pietro . Volume 2. 1994.
  4. ^ Gertrud Gerhartl , Wiener Neustadt. Brisk construction activity in the city . P. 240.
  5. ^ Josef Mayr , History of Wiener Neustadt, 4 volumes, 3rd vol., P. 202 ff. Wiener Neustadt 1924-1928.
personal data
SURNAME Solari, Pietro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Renaissance sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 16th Century
PLACE OF BIRTH Verna , Lanzo d'Intelvi , Italy
DATE OF DEATH 1592
Place of death Kaisersteinbruch