Pompeo Ferrari
Pompeo Ferrari (circa 1660 – 15 May 1736) was an Italian architect, known as the best Baroque artist of Greater Poland.
Biography
He studied in the leading art school of the era –
Stanislaus I Leszczyński in Rydzyna
. In 1703 he married Anna Rozyna Eitner, with whom he had several children.
Main works
- Leszno town hall (disputed) and tombs in the parish church
- Urban foundation of Rydzyna
- Ląd Abbey
- Basilica on the Holy Mountain near Gostyń
- Fara Church in Poznań
Bibliography
Dalbor, Witold. 1938. Pompeo Ferrari ok. 1660-1736: działalność architektoniczna w Polsce. Warszawa: Kasa Mianowskiego.