!!!Giuliani, Giovanni

Giuliani, Giovanni, b. Venice (Italy), 1663, 
d. Heiligenkreuz (Lower Austria), Sept. 5, 1744, stone and wood 
sculptor. Introduced elements of design from northern Italy into the 
baroque sculptures of Vienna, worked in Lower Austria and in the area 
of Moravia; lived in Vienna from about 1690, first commissioned 
primarily by the Liechtenstein family, from 1711 lay brother at the 
Heiligenkreuz monastery, for which he created his most famous works, 
teacher of G. R.  Donner.

!Works
sculptures in the interior and on the façade of the 
Stadt- and Gartenpalais Liechtenstein, Vienna; Eisgrub Castle 
(Lednice, CZ). - Heiligenkreuz monastery: figures on the chancel altar 
maundy groups, various statues and reliefs on the stalls, way of the 
cross, basin, Trinity column, etc; collection of model clay 
sculptures.

!Literature
E. Baum, G. G., 1964.


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