- Pietro Perti
Giovanni Pietro Perti or Peretti (b. 1648 in
Muggio ,Switzerland - d. 1714 inVilnius ,Lithuania ) was an ItalianBaroque sculptor andarchitect , regarded as one of the leading European sculptors on the verge of the 18th century. He has been an elder ofŠnipiškės andAntakalnis suburbs governed bySapieha s [http://images.katalogas.lt/maleidykla/men42/M-01.pdf#search=%22perti%20Vilnius%22] .Living in
Canton Ticino , Perti, as a sculptor of "comasco school", was influenced by an Italian masterGian Lorenzo Bernini [ [http://vilnius.lcn.lt/sventoves/kitos/petropauliaus/ Šv. apaštalų Petro ir Pauliaus bažnyčia ] ] . Educated inFlorence and invited to Vilnius byMichał Kazimierz Pac , Perti has spent most of his life in the capital of theGrand Duchy of Lithuania working formagnate families. He has served in the manor of the Grand Hetman of LithuaniaJan Kazimierz Sapieha the Younger from 1689 until 1701 after becoming famous for thestucco work decorations of St. Peter and St. Paul's Church (1677-1682), considered the Lithuanian Baroque masterpiece, together withGiovanni Maria Galli who added the ornamentations around sculptures by Perti.During his career Perti has designed, constructed and decorated some of most prominent Lithuanian Baroque monuments in Vilnius:
Slushko Palace (1690), Sapieha Palace (1691) and the Church of TheSaviour with the Trinitarian monastery (started in 1691, decorated 1700-1705 [ [http://vienuolynai.mch.mii.lt/V8-46/Vilntrinitoriu.htm Vilniaus (Antakalnio) buvęs trinitorių vienuolynas ir Viešpaties Jėzaus bažnyčia ] ] ), all situated in Antakalnis; he reconstructed the interior and designed the stucco of the altar of the Chapel ofSt. Casimir inVilnius Cathedral (1686-1688). Perti has also participated in the decoration of thePažaislis monastery ensemble inKaunas , together withJoan Merli andMichelangelo Palloni whose daughter Maria Magdalena he was married to.References
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# cite book | first = V. | last = Drėma | title = "Dingęs Vilnius" | location = Vilnius | publisher = Vaga | year = 1991 | id = ISBN 5-415-00366-5
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