Donato Giuseppe Frisoni | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1681 or 1683 |
| Died | November 29, 1735 (aged 54, 53, or 52) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Known for | Ludwigsburg 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.
Donato Giuseppe Frisoni was born in Laino, a village in the Val d'Intelvi, in what was then the Duchy of Milan.[2][a]
Frisoni traveled to and worked in Vienna under Santino Bussi, 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 Giovanni Battista Alliprandi. 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]
