Johann Stanety, known as Giovanni Stanetti (1663 – 19 July 1726) was an Austrian sculptor who learned his craft in Venice. His most famous works are the sculptures and

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of the Lower Belvedere, in the Belvedere Castle, Vienna.

Life and work

He was born in Oberglogau (Głogówek) near Neustadt (Prudnik),

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, which was then part of Austria. He had a sculpture workshop in

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managed to persuade him to move to Vienna, along with his workshop. From 1700 to 1721, in collaboration with architect Lukas von Hildebrandt, he created a series of sculptures for the balustrades and other decorative sculpture for the Lower Belvedere in Vienna. Other works include the 1700 relief for the tombstone of Count Siegfried Sarau in the Deutschordenskirche, (Singerstrasse, Vienna), the relief on the gable of the

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, entitled the ''Apotheosis of St. Charles Borromeo'' in memory of the plague (1725), and a further plague monument in

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, featuring

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. In 1712, following the death of

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, he became court sculptor.

Sources

Artisti Italiani Austria: STANETTI, Giovanni

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stanetti, Giovanni 17th-century sculptors from the Holy Roman Empire Expatriates in the Republic of Venice Austrian sculptors Austrian male sculptors People from Głogówek Architectural sculptors Court sculptors 1663 births 1726 deaths