Charles Philippe Dieussart

Charles Philippe Dieussart (also Charles Philipp) (ca. 1625-1696) was a Dutch architect and sculptor, active in Germany in the second half of the seventeenth century. Most notably, he designed the Jagdschloss Glienicke, today a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Rossewitz Castle, designed by Charles Philippe Dieussart, Laage, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Life
Grave monument for Günther von Passow

Dieussart was descended from French Huguenots who had moved to the Dutch Republic and is thought to have been born in Rome.[lower-alpha 1] His brother was the sculptor Jean Baptiste Dieussart, who mainly worked in Sweden.[1][2] In 1657 he entered the service of Duke Gustav Adolf of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. His first important commission, which remained among his most important contributions, was the Rossewitz Castle, the first Baroque building in Mecklenburg. Also well-known is the tomb he designed for Günther von Passow in the Güstrow Cathedral.

He wrote the book Theatrum architecturae civilis [3][4] that was published in several editions (1679 and 1682 in Güstrow, 1692 and possibly also 1695 in Bayreuth),[3] dedicated to various of his patrons,[lower-alpha 2][3] and for which the architect Leonhard Dientzenhofer commissioned a posthumous edition in Bamberg (with changed dedication and foreword)[5] in 1697.[6]

Notes
  1. In his book, Dieussart identifies himself as the author as "Carlo Philippo Deussart. Rom.", which may indicate that he was originally from Rome. He is also believed to be a son of the sculptor François Dieussart [1] who was working in Rome between 1622 and 1636.
  2. Digitized editions:

References
  1. Bertil Waldén (1945), "Jean Baptista Dieussart", Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish), retrieved 2019-03-09
  2. Bertil Waldén (1942), Nicolaes Millich och hans krets: studier i den karolinska barockens bildhuggarkonst (in Swedish), Stockholm: Saxon & Lindströms förlagCS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Ulrich Thieme, ed. (1913), "Dieussart, Charles Philippe", Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart (in German), 9, Leipzig: E. A. Seemann
  4. Ulrich Schütte, "Als wenn eine ganze Ordnung da stünde...": Anmerkungen zum System der Säulenordnungen und seiner Auflösung im späten 18. Jahrhundert, Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte, 44 Bd., H. 1. (1981), pp. 15-37
  5. Charles Philippe Dieussart (1697), Theatrum architecturae civilis (in German), reissued by Leonhard Dientzenhofer, Bamberg: Johann Jacob Immel
  6. Ulrich Thieme, ed. (1913), "Dientzenhofer, Johann Leonhard", Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart (in German), 9, Leipzig: E. A. Seemann
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