Pietro Perti
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, Switzerland
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– 1714 in Vilnius
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, Lithuania
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) was an Italian
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Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
sculptor and architect, regarded as one of the leading European sculptors on the verge of the 18th century. He has been an elder
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of Šnipiškės
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and Antakalnis
Antakalnis
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suburbs governed by Sapieha
Sapieha
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s.
Living in Canton Ticino, Perti, as a sculptor of comasco school, was influenced by an Italian master Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini was an Italian artist who worked principally in Rome. He was the leading sculptor of his age and also a prominent architect...
. Educated in Florence
Florence
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and invited to Vilnius by Michał Kazimierz Pac, Perti has spent most of his life in the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state from the 12th /13th century until 1569 and then as a constituent part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1791 when Constitution of May 3, 1791 abolished it in favor of unitary state. It was founded by the Lithuanians, one of the polytheistic...
working for magnate
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families. He become famous for the stucco
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decorations of St. Peter and St. Paul's Church (1677–1682), considered the Lithuanian Baroque masterpiece. He worked together with Giovanni Maria Galli who added the ornamentations around sculptures by Perti. Perti served in the manor of the Grand Hetman of Lithuania
Hetmans of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Hetmans of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth were the highest-ranking military officers, second only to the King, in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The first Polish title of Grand Crown Hetman was created in 1505. The title of hetman was given to the leader of Polish Army and till 1581 it was...
Jan Kazimierz Sapieha the Younger
Jan Kazimierz Sapieha the Younger
Jan Kazimierz Sapieha the Younger was a Grand Hetman of Lithuania since 1682. He held the title of a Duke since 1700. In 1681 he became Field Hetman of Lithuania, the following year he also became the voivode of Vilnius....
from 1689 until 1701
During his career Perti has designed, constructed and decorated some of most prominent Lithuanian Baroque monuments in Vilnius: Slushko Palace
Slushko Palace
Slushko Palace in Vilnius, Lithuania is a Baroque palace situated on the left bank of Neris River in the Old Town elderate, former Antakalnis suburb of the city....
(1690), Sapieha Palace
Sapieha Palace in Vilnius
Sapieha Palace is a High Baroque palace in Sapiegos str., Antakalnis district of Vilnius, Lithuania. It is the only surviving of several palaces formerly belonging to the Sapieha family in the city....
(1691) and the Church of The Saviour with the Trinitarian
Trinitarian Order
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monastery (started in 1691, decorated 1700–1705), all situated in Antakalnis; he reconstructed the interior and designed the stucco of the altar of the Chapel of St. Casimir in Vilnius Cathedral
Vilnius Cathedral
The Cathedral of Vilnius is the main Roman Catholic Cathedral of Lithuania.It is situated in Vilnius Old Town, just off of Cathedral Square. It is the heart of Lithuania's Catholic spiritual life....
(1686–1688). Perti has also participated in the decoration of the Pažaislis monastery
Pažaislis Monastery
Pažaislis monastery and church form the largest monastery complex in Lithuania, and the most magnificent example of Italian baroque architecture in the country...
ensemble in Kaunas
Kaunas
Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation...
, together with Joan Merli and Michelangelo Palloni
Michelangelo Palloni
Michelangelo Palloni was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, who worked in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1674 onward....
whose daughter Maria Magdalena he was married to.