Donato Giuseppe Frisoni

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Donato Giuseppe Frisoni
Born1681 or 1683
DiedNovember 29, 1735 (aged 54, 53, or 52)
NationalityItalian
OccupationArchitect
Known forLudwigsburg Palace, Schloss Favorite (Ludwigsburg)[1]

Donato Giuseppe Frisoni (b. 1681 or 1683, Laino – d. 29 November 1735, Ludwigsburg) was an Italian architect active during the Rococo period in Northern Italy, Southern Germany, and Bohemia.

Biography[]

Donato Giuseppe Frisoni was born in Laino, a village in the  [it], in what was then the Duchy of Milan.[2][a]

Frisoni traveled to and worked in Vienna under  [de], who had been at work in the Austrian capital since 1695.[2] After 1700,[3] Frisoni traveled to Prague to work with his brother-in-law Tomasso Soldati under  [cs]. In 1708, Frisoni and Soldatti were recruited by Johann Friedrich Nette, court architect in the Duchy of Württemberg, to work as a stuccoist at Ludwigsburg Palace.[2] Frisoni and Soldati began working at Ludwigsburg with in the interiors of its Old Main Building in 1709.[2][3] Over the winter of 1709, Frisoni returned to Laino and married Anna Maria Allio. Their marriage would produce two children.[2]

Notes[]

  1. ^ The  [it], in the Province of Como, was the origin of famed Baroque artisans  [cs], Giacomo Antonio Corbellini, the Rettis (Leopoldo, Paolo, Riccardo, Livio), and Giovanni Pietro Scotti.[2]

Citations[]

References[]

  • Bieri, Pius. "Donato Giuseppe Frisoni" (in German). Süddeutscher Barock. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  • Klaiber, Hans A. "Frisoni, Donato Giuseppe". Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
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