Antonio Beduzzi

Italian painter

Antonio Maria Nicolao Beduzzi (1675 – 4 March 1735) was an Italian theater engineer, painter, and architect who flourished in Vienna at the turn of the 17th century.^[1]

He was born in Bologna in 1675. He succeeded Burnacini as the theatre architect at the Court in Vienna in 1708. Among his better known designs are:

The interior of Melk Abbey for Jakob Prandtauer's baroque reconstruction
Leopoldsberg church on Leopoldsberg above Klosterneuburg, near Vienna
The cathedral museum of Passau
Vienna's Theater am Kärntnertor (the site now occupied by Hotel Sacher)
The frescos of the Landhaussaal in the Viennese Palais Niederösterreich
The Dreifaltigkeitssäule [de] in Linz.^[2]

Beduzzi died in Vienna in 1735.

Gallery

Glorification of Saint Joseph, ceiling fresco in the nave of Maria Taferl Basilica
Life and Assumption of Mary
Presentation of Christ in the Temple
Apotheosis of Saint Joseph
Flight into Egypt
Coronation of Mary
The Immaculate Mary
Angels with Veil of Veronica and Crown of Thorns
Ascension of Joseph to Heaven
Corporeal Ascension of Mary into Heaven

References

^ Rizzi, W. Georg (2003). "Beduzzi, Antonio". Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
^ Linz, Stadt. "Denkmaldatenbank - Denkmäler - Antonio Beduzzi". Stadt Linz (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-26.