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Art: 325th Birthday of Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt (Palais Kinsky)
Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt is considered one of the most important advocates of Austrian Baroque. He was born in Genoa in 1668 the son of an Italian army captain of German descent. He came to Vienna in 1696 where in 1700 he was named Imperial Court Engineer. After 1711 he held the position of Director of the Court Planning Office. In spite of this influential position, he only seldom received contracts from courtly circles due to competition from Johann Bernhard, the father of Joseph Emmanuel Fischer von Erlach. Hildebrandt's main responsibility was in the area of mundane and sacred constructions dedicated to high-ranking spiritual and worldly dignitaries. His acquaintance with Count Friedrich Carl of Schoenborn and Prince Eugene of Savoy came to have special meaning. Hildebrandt's later masterpieces include the Palaces for the Turkish Conqueror Prince Eugene as well as the Lower and Upper Belvedere, and the Palace Daun-Kinsky erected for Count Wierich Philip Daun in Vienna's Freyung. The gifted architect died in Vienna in 1745.
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