Carlo Lurago
*14. 12. 1615 – Pellio Superiore, Italy
†12. 10. 1684 – Pasov, Germany
Biography
Carlo Antonio Lurago (also Luraghi) was an Italian Baroque architect and sculptor who mainly worked in Bohemia, Austria, and Bavaria. He was one of the most prominent architects of early Baroque in Czech and Prague. He primarily worked for religious orders, especially for the Jesuits. He also remodeled palaces for the nobility – the Černín family, Lobkowicz, Piccolomini, and Thun. He came from a large artistic family. He trained as a stucco worker, and there was no employment for him in his hometown. Already in 1635, at the age of twenty, he appeared in Prague when he witnessed the wedding of Antonín Aichel in the then still Gothic St. Nicholas Church in Malá Strana. Lurago is reliably documented in Prague from 1638. He worked as a stucco worker on the adaptation of the presbytery of the Jesuit church of the Most Holy Savior in the Clementinum complex. The young Lurago was not only a skilled craftsman but also a shrewd businessman and a good Catholic, so he primarily ranked among church builders. His first architectural commission was the construction of the Jesuit college with the church of St. Francis Xavier and St. Ignatius of Loyola in Březnice, which began in 1640. Together with his nephew Francesco Anselmo Lurago, he established a well-functioning construction company and was among the most successful builders of his time. Among his students was builder and architect Pavel Ignác Bayer. After 1668, he worked in Passau, where he led the reconstruction of the bishop's cathedral that was destroyed by fire. He remained there until his death in 1684.
Carlo Antonio Lurago (also Luraghi) was an Italian Baroque architect and sculptor who mainly worked in Bohemia, Austria, and Bavaria. He was one of the most prominent architects of early Baroque in Czech and Prague. He primarily worked for religious orders, especially for the Jesuits. He also remodeled palaces for the nobility – the Černín family, Lobkowicz, Piccolomini, and Thun. He came from a large artistic family. He trained as a stucco worker, and there was no employment for him in his hometown. Already in 1635, at the age of twenty, he appeared in Prague when he witnessed the wedding of Antonín Aichel in the then still Gothic St. Nicholas Church in Malá Strana. Lurago is reliably documented in Prague from 1638. He worked as a stucco worker on the adaptation of the presbytery of the Jesuit church of the Most Holy Savior in the Clementinum complex. The young Lurago was not only a skilled craftsman but also a shrewd businessman and a good Catholic, so he primarily ranked among church builders. His first architectural commission was the construction of the Jesuit college with the church of St. Francis Xavier and St. Ignatius of Loyola in Březnice, which began in 1640. Together with his nephew Francesco Anselmo Lurago, he established a well-functioning construction company and was among the most successful builders of his time. Among his students was builder and architect Pavel Ignác Bayer. After 1668, he worked in Passau, where he led the reconstruction of the bishop's cathedral that was destroyed by fire. He remained there until his death in 1684.
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