Giovanni Pietro de Pomis
| Giovanni Pietro de Pomis | |
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Schloss Eggenberg front façade with entry portal.
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| Born | Lodi, Lombardy, Italy |
| Died | 6 March 1633 Graz, Styria, Austria |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings |
Schloss Eggenberg, Mariahilferkirche, Graz, Mausoleum of Ruprecht von Eggenberg to Ehrenhausen, in Ehrenhausen, Katharinenkirche and Mausoleum of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor in Graz |
Giovanni Pietro de Pomis (ca.1565 or 1569/70 – 6 March 1633) was an Italian painter, medailleur, architect and fortress master builder. His works show a marked influence of late-Mannerism.
De Pomis was born in Lodi, Lombardy. He was apparently a pupil of the Venetian Jacopo Tintoretto. From 1588 to 1595, before coming to Graz, de Pomis served as the chamber painter to Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria in the Tyrol (not to be confused with Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor who was de Pomis’s subsequent patron). On 25 October 1595 de Pomis married Judith Anna Dermoyen, the daughter of a Dutch court tapestry master. In that same year his son Johannes Baptist came into the world. He was followed by his sister Elisabeth in 1596. De Pomis and his wife had a total of 13 children; some of whom died at a young age. Both sons Johannes Baptist and Johann Nikolaus died in the Long Turkish War.
In 1595 the Italian artist was appointed as a court artist under Archduke Ferdinand (later Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor) in the Styrian capital of Graz. Traveling with his patron to Rome and Loreto and with Ferdinand’s mother, the Archduchess Maria to Spain de Pomis became a close acquaintance of his later principal, Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg. It was likely on this trip to Spain that he made sketches of El Escorial which served as a model for Schloss Eggenberg. In 1600 the artist was granted his own coat of arms. In 1601 he was employed as a military engineer in Ferdinand’s retinue in Groß-Kanizsa. Beside his activity as a painter, medailleur and architect he was also a fortress master builder in Görz, Trieste, Gradisca and Fiume.
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