Lorenzo Mattielli
Lorenzo Mattielli (or Lorenzo Matielli ) (* 1687 in Vicenza, Italy, † April 28, 1748 in Dresden ) was an Italian sculptor who worked mainly north of the Alps.
Life
Born in Vicenza in 1687 sculptor is one of the most important Italian Baroque artist who worked north of the Alps. After his training with sculptor Orazio Marinali (1643-1720) he worked from 1711 with the support of Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick- Calenberg, wife of the Emperor Joseph I, for the court in Vienna, the Viennese aristocracy and the church.
Work in imperial Vienna
In Vienna, he worked on the sculptural features of the Vienna Hofburg, " 4 Labors of Hercules " at the Imperial Chancellery Wing in the courtyard, on the side reliefs of the portals in the town palace of Prince Eugene, the Schwarzenberg Palace, the armory of the fire at the Am Hof square, Charles Church, the castle Thürnthal and in the monasteries in Melk, monastery and Mariazell.
In 1714 he was appointed Imperial Court sculptor.
From his hands come at the Church of St. Charles the gable figure of St. Charles Borromeo, the personifications of religion, charity, penance and prayer zeal to the attic, as well as the figures of angels at the reel, the crowned eagle of the great pillars, the angel of the high altar and the St. Michael's Church, the fall of the Angels group. One of his key staff was the young sculptor Johann Joseph Resler.
In 1737 he participated in the tender for the Providentia on the flour market (now New Market ), which was first organized by the self-confident citizens of the city of Vienna, but the contract was awarded to the young Georg Raphael Donner.
Work in the electoral Dresden
In 1738 Mattielli was appointed by Elector Friedrich August II in Dresden " Commissioner for antique and modern statues ." In October 1739, he was the first royal court sculptor commissioned to produce over 78 life-size statues of the Catholic Court Church, which is still located on the building.
In his Dresden period he also worked from 1741 to 1746 in the baroque gardens of the Palais Brühl- Marcolini on his masterpiece, the Fountain of Neptune, a 40 -meter-wide, three-storey landscaped fountain. Next Matti Ellis Workshop created the staircase and fountain figures for the Brühl Palace, the Palais Moszyńska, the hunting lodge Hubertusburg as well as for numerous other buildings.
Mattielli died 1748 in Dresden and was buried in the Old Catholic Cemetery. His grave stone is not obtained. Therefore, since 2001, is commemorated by a memorial pillar at the cemetery at him.
In 1901 in Vienna Wieden ( 4th district ) has been named the Mattiellistraße after him.