Nicodemus Tessin the Young person

Nicodème Tessin the Young person , like one says in French, (° Nyköping, May 23rd, 1654 - died with Stockholm, April 10th, 1728), is an architect Swedish.

Biography

He is the son of Nicodemus Tessin Old the, eminent architect Swedish baroque, who initiates it with architecture.

Of 1673 with 1680, it travels through the Europe and visits the England, France and the Italy.

In Italy, with a recommendation of the queen Christine of Sweden, he studies in the workshop of Gian Lorenzo Bernini of 1675 with 1678.

This Grand Turn will have a great influence on its future architectural production.

With Rome in 1687, Nicomedus Tessin attends the workshop of the painter Giovan Battista Gaullì says the Baciccio. Its principal realization is the vast royal palace of Stockhlom, begun in 1697. In addition, with the death of his father, it continues the work of this last and thus completes the Château of Drottningholm.

Achievements

Royal palace of Stockholm , where the influence of the project of Gian Lorenzo Bernini for the Louvre is obvious
Palais Tessin in Stockholm (1694-1700)
Château Steninge (1694-98), inspired of the Château of Be worth-the-Viscount
Église Fredrik with Karlskrona. Its frontage with a certain resemblance to that of the Trinity-of-Mounts in Rome. The project goes back to 1690 but the church will be built only starting from 1720 and will be devoted in 1744
Église of the Holy Trinity to Karlskrona. Entirely destroyed by fire in 1790, it is rebuilt according to the project of Nicodemus Tessin
Achèvement of the castle of Drottningholm
Palais Gottorf with Schleswig

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