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Jakub Fontana
Died
13 April 1773
Warsaw
Occupation
architect
Notable work
Collegium Nobilium (Warsaw)
Jakub Fontana (born 1710 in Szczuczyn, died 13 April 1773 in Warsaw) was a Polish architect of Swiss Italian origin, a practitioner of the Baroque and Neoclassical styles. He was court architect to the Polish king. He was knighted in 1764. Jakub Fontana had a notable brother named Jan Kanty Fontana. His projects were influenced by Saxon Baroque, French Rococo and early Neoclassicism.
JakubFontana (born 1710 in Szczuczyn, died 13 April 1773 in Warsaw) was a Polish architect of Swiss Italian origin, a practitioner of the Baroque and...
brother of JakubFontana. He was ennobled by King Stanisław August Poniatowski on 9 September 1769 and received his own coat of arms, Fontana. Rocznik warszawski...
into a city prison. Around that time it was also expanded (possibly by JakubFontana) along the Boleść Street. Further expansion was done between 1796 and...
architects were employed, among them Tylman van Gameren, Andreas Schlüter, JakubFontana, and Enrico Marconi. The buildings situated in the vicinity of the Warsaw...
lieutenant general of the Polish army, and Katarzyna née Fontana, a sister of royal architect JakubFontana. Tadeusz's grandfather, Jan Thullie, had been brought...
Karczew Polish Baroque Church of Saint Vitus built in 1732–1737 by JakubFontana Flag Coat of arms Karczew Coordinates: 52°5′N 21°15′E / 52.083°N 21...
lithographer, photographer Julian Fałat, painter Wojciech Fangor, painter JakubFontana, baroque and neoclassical architect Teodor and Franciszek Gajewski,...
sculpture in stucco and wood. He has collaborated with the architect JakubFontana, who is recognized as the designer of many of his works. Catherine Mikocka-Rachubowa...
is completed. Rebuilding of Potocki Palace, Warsaw, to designs by JakubFontana, is completed. Shardeloes (country house) in Buckinghamshire, England...
Jan Zaor Chrystian Piotr Aigner (1756–1841) Józef Boretti (1746–1849) JakubFontana (1710–1773) Paweł Giżycki (1692–1762) Jan Krzysztof Glaubitz (1700–1767)...
eighteenth century by Bishop Cajetan Sołtyk, employing eminent architect, JakubFontana. The importance of the castle in Bodzentyn began to decline following...