Gaetano Chiaveri

Gaetano Chiaveri (* 1689 in Rome, † March 5, 1770 in Foligno ) was an Italian architect and architect in the second phase of the Dresden Baroque.

Life

Trained in Rome, Chiaveri went in 1717 to St. Petersburg, where he was commissioned by Tsar Peter the Great with the site management for the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Kunstkammer. 1727 he moved to Warsaw, where he was to design a palace for Jacob Heinrich von Flemming; but this was thwarted by the death of his principal.

In the 1730s Chiaveri entered Saxon services. In 1734 he belonged to the retinue of August III. at whose coronation as King of Poland in Krakow. From 1 April 1736 to September 30, 1749, he led the establishment of the Catholic Hofkirche in Dresden. During this work, numerous Italian craftsmen came to Dresden, which formed the so-called Italian Village. Chiaveri left Dresden to intrigue even before the completion of the church, which was completed in 1755 under Johann Christoph Knöffel and Julius black. It shall nevertheless be deemed Chiaveri main work.

From 1750 lived Chiaveri in Rome, 1760 in Foligno.

Works

• Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Kunstkammer in St. Petersburg ( construction management )
• Mourning catafalque for Augustus the Strong
• Dresdner Hofkirche
• Prinz-Max -Palais in Dresden, as a private dwelling house
• Northeast wing of the Warsaw Royal Castle
• Draft Royal Palace in Dresden ( not executed)

Publications

• Designs for the Catholic Court Church, engraved by L. Zucchi. 1740
• Ornamenti diversi di porte e finestri in prospettiva con piante, Modini e profili, dati alla stampa as L. Zucchi. Dresden 1743/44 (2 volumes)
• Sentimento sopra la pretesa riparazione di danni della cupola di San Pietro in Vaticano. Dresden 1744
• Breve discorsi di Gaetano Romano Chiaveri architetto Giubilato della corte the Saxony, ed academico di San Luca di Roma, circa i danni riconosciuti nella portentosa cupola di San Pietro di Roma e le sue cose to principal, con la maniera durabile, e più sicura per la reparazione, dedicato a tutti i Professori ed amatori the detta Scienza. Pesaro 1767