!!!Burnacini, Lodovico Ottavio Freiherr von

b. Mantua (Italy) (?), 1636, 
d. Vienna, Dec. 12, 1707, Italian theatre architect and set designer, 
succeeded his father Giovanni  Burnacini as set designer at the 
Imperial Court in Vienna; not only did he design decorations, stage 
machines and costumes for all theatre performances at court for almost 
50 years, he was also the favourite architect of Emperor Leopold I; B. 
constructed one wing of the Imperial Palace, renovated the Favorita 
and created 1666-1668 the Theater auf der Cortina in the location of 
the future court library, 1676/77 altered parts of Laxenburg castle, 
1683 directed the reconstruction of Ebersdorf castle, 1687 designed 
the "Plague Column" on "Graben" square in Vienna and designed several 
monuments; his figurines and sketches are now in the Austrian Theatre 
Museum in Vienna.

!Literature
F. Biach-Schiffmann, G. and L. B., Theater u. Feste am Wr. 
Hofe, 1931; F. Hadamowsky, Das Hoftheater Leopolds I. und das 
Kostuemwerk des L. O. B., 1948; S. Solf, Festdekoration und 
Groteske. Der Wr. Buehnenbildner L. O. B., 1975.



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