The Designs by Giovanni Battista Gisleni vis-à-vis the Church of the Bridgettine Sisters in Warsaw (after 1648–1658)
Stanisław Mossakowski
mossak@onet.plInstitute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6351-8913
Abstract
The study presents a group of designs by Giovanni Battista Gisleni (1600–1672) extant in the collections of Sir John Soane’s Museum in London and Staatliche Kunstsammlungen in Dresden, referring to the Bridgettine Sisters’ church of the Holy Trinity in Warsaw (built 1652–1658, demolished 1892).
Keywords:
Giovanni Battista Gisleni, Bridgettine Sisters’ church in WarsawReferences
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Stanisław Mossakowskimossak@onet.pl
Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6351-8913
Stanisław Mossakowski (b. 1937), the former director of the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, is a member of several Polish (i.a. Polish Academy of Sciences, Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cracow, Warsaw Scientific Society) and international scientific societies (i.a. Ateneo Veneto in Venice, Accademia Clementina in Bologna, Académie Européenne des Sciences, des Arts et des Lettres in Paris and others). He specializes in the history of architecture and decorative sculpture, the role of antique tradition in art, links between the Polish and Italian art and artistic milieus, and the relationship between art history and the history of ideas.
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