Project Martinelli

Project

Principal dates of the life and work of Domenico Martinelli

	1650		Is born on November 30th in Lucca He gets his first education as a geometer and-surveyor from his father Paolino; after his father’s death he prepares for the clerical profession
	1673		Admitted to holy orders of a priest, but simultaneously still works as a land-surveyor. His first architectural studies are created
	1678		Moves to Rome at the end of the year
	1678-1690		ROME
			Studies architecture at the San Luca Academy
	1679-1680		Is awarded the First Prize at the architectural contest organized by the Academy in both these years
	1683		Works as a teacher of architecture and perspective at the San Luca Academy (up to 1690) and simultaneously holds the position of a judge and an appraiser as well; He gets smaller orders from the city of Rome and his native town Lucca
	after 1683		Designs the Piarist College for the town of Francavilla in Apulia Makes designs for the Polish King John III Sobieski
	1687		Designs the Pilgrimage Church in Anagni
	1690		Leaves for Vienna
	1690-1694		VIENNA
			At first (approx. up to 1693) Martinelli is in service of Count Harrach (City Palace)
	1690		Gets first contacts for his most important future submitters– Count Kaunitz and Prince Lichtenstein Begins to plan the redesign of the Austerlitz Castle
	1691-1694		Makes numerous buildings and designs for the Vienna gentry (city palaces of the noble families of Kaunitz, Strattmann, Sinzendorf and others) Garden Palaces of the noble families of Cernin, Obizzi, Stockhammer, Liechtenstein and others) Architectural work in Moravia (Banov, Letonice etc.)
	1692		Gets first contacts to Prague (Sternberg Palace)
	End of 1694- beginning of 1698		Stays in THE NETHERLANDS AND GERMANY
			Martinelli accompanies Count Kaunitz on his diplomatic mission as an Emperor’s envoy to Haag
	1695		Designs the high altar of the Passau Cathedral Makes designs for German princes (Elector Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz, Elector Lothar Franz von Schönborn of Mayence) Still supervises the buildings he has began to construct in Vienna and Moravia
	1696		Palace for the English King William III of Orange in Brussels
	1698-1699		VIENNA
			Works mainly as a "private architect" of Count Kaunitz (now Imperial Vice-Chancellor) in his Moravian estates (Austerlitz, Uhersky Brod etc.)
	1698		Lanskroun Castle for Count Liechtenstein
	1699		stays in Heidelberg and Düsseldorf, designs for the Elector Johann Wilhelm
	1699-1700		Returns to ROME
			For a short time works as a teacher at the San Luca Academy; Carlo Fontana gets him new contacts for Prague submitters (Count Martinitz)
	1700		returns to Vienna in summer
	1700-1705		VIENNA, P1RAGUE, MORAVIA, POLAND (?)
	since 1700		Designs for Prague (noble families of Martinitz and Kolowrat)
	1701		Consults on the construction of the Premonstratensian monastery in Hradiste near Olomouc; Gets new contacts for Poland (?) Main Martinelli’s activities consist in the designs for Count Kaunitz (Austerlitz)
	1705		Count Kaunitz dies in January Martinelli prepares for his return to Italy In summer there is an alleged attempt to acquire Martinelli as ”Ingegnero Cesareo“ Returns to Italy in October
	1706-1718		ROME and LUCCA
	since 1706		he teaches again at the San Luca Academy even though with some interruptions Makes small designs for Italian submitters (Marchese Malaspina – Fosdinovo and Caniparola)
	1716		returns to Lucca
	1718		dies in Lucca on September 11 after a long illness Biography >