Pedro de Ribera

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

Biography

Pedro de Ribera was the son of originating from Aragón carpenter Juan de Ribera and his wife Josefa Pérez. He was a student or employee of Ardemans Teodoro and José Benito de Churriguera and worked all his life exclusively in Madrid. In his early work, it kept going strong to the strict architecture of Herrerianismo; in his later designs - especially in the portals and fountains designs - the late Baroque Churrigueresque style came more clearly into. Through the promotion of the Chief Counsel of the Madrid City Council Francisco Antonio de Salcedo y Aguirre, Marqués de Vadillo, he was he appointed to the years 1718/19 to the wizard ( teniente ) of the chief architects of the Madrid City Council; after the death of the previous incumbent Ardemans (1726) he had appointed this office (Maestro Mayor de las Obras de Madrid) personally held and was also the supreme hydraulic engineer of the city ( Maestro Mayor de Obras y Fuentes de la Villa y sus Viajes de Agua ). During his lifetime, his work was very much appreciated - except the French-born King Philip V, the Italian architects and artists gave preference. With the coming into fashion architecture of classicism and historicism came his baroque works into oblivion and were partly destroyed.

Pedro de Ribera was married three times, widowed twice and had nine children; after his death he was buried in the co-designed by himself Iglesia de San Cayetano in Madrid.

Works

  • Paseo Nuevo and Puerta de San Vicente (1726-1727)
  • Ermita de Nuestra Señora del Puerto (1716-1718)
  • Cuartel del Conde Duque ( Guardia de Corps ) ( begun 1717)
  • Puente de Toledo (1718-1732)
  • Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Montserrat ( 1720)
  • Portal of Real Hospicio del Ave María y San Fernando (1721-1726)
  • Iglesia de San Cayetano (1722-1737)
  • Iglesia de 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)
  • Carmelite 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)

Pictures

Baroque bridge figure

Fuente de la Fama (1738-1742)

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