Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt

A leading architect and military engineer of the Austrian Baroque. Born in Genoa, he studied architecture under Carlo Fontana in Rome and further trained in military engineering and fortification. In 1695–1696, he served as a military engineer during the Piedmontese campaign under the command of Prince Eugene of Savoy, afterwards operating as a court architect in Vienna. He was appointed court engineer in 1700, head of the court building office in 1711, and first court architect in 1723. He designed the Lower and Upper Belvedere, the Schwarzenberg Palace, the Kinsky Palace, and St. Peter's Church, exerting a major influence on Baroque architecture in the 18th-century Habsburg Monarchy as well as Central and Southeastern Europe.

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Year	Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt
1668	Birth of Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt (Period: November 14, 1668, Location: Genoa (present-day Liguria, Italy))
1680	Studies in Architecture and Military Engineering in Rome (Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Age: 11 years old, Period: 1680s–Early 1690s, Location: Rome (present-day Italy))
1688	Nine Years' War (Age: 19 years old, Period: 1688–1697, Location: Rhineland, German States, Spanish Netherlands, and Western Europe)
1695	Military Service in the Piedmont Campaign (Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Age: 26 years old, Period: 1695–1696, Location: Piedmont (present-day Northwestern Italy)) Activities as Military Engineer for the Imperial Army (Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Age: 26 years old, Period: 1695–1696, Location: Piedmont (present-day Northwestern Italy)) Construction of Prince Eugene's Winter Palace (Age: 26 years old, Period: 1695–1698, Location: Vienna (present-day Austria))
1696	Relocation to Vienna (Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Age: 27 years old, Period: 1696, Location: Vienna (present-day Austria)) End of the Piedmont Campaign via the Treaty of Vigevano (Age: 27 years old, Period: October 1696, Location: Vigevano (present-day Lombardy, Italy))
1697	Construction of Schwarzenberg Palace (Age: 28 years old, Period: 1697–1723, Location: Vienna (present-day Austria))
1699	Rivalry with Fischer von Erlach for the Position of Court Architect (Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Age: 30 years old, Period: 1699–1723, Location: Vienna (present-day Austria))
1700	Appointment as Court Engineer (Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Age: 31 years old, Period: 1700, Location: Vienna (present-day Austria))
1702	Construction of Schloss Hof (Age: 33 years old, Period: 1702–1722, Location: Ráckeve (present-day Pest County, Hungary))
1706	Marriage (Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Franziska Johanna Perpetua Geist, Age: 37 years old, Period: July 6, 1706, Location: Vienna (present-day Austria))
1711	Appointment as Director of the Court Building Office (Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Age: 42 years old, Period: 1711, Location: Vienna (present-day Austria))
1713	Construction of Kinsky Palace (Age: 44 years old, Period: 1713–1726, Location: Vienna (present-day Austria))
1714	Construction of the Lower Belvedere (Age: 45 years old, Period: 1714–1716, Location: Vienna (present-day Austria))
1720	Elevation to Imperial Nobility (Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Age: 51 years old, Period: 1720, Location: Vienna (present-day Austria)) Involvement in the Würzburg Residence (Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Age: 51 years old, Period: 1720s–1740s, Location: Würzburg (present-day Bavaria, Germany))
1721	Construction of the Upper Belvedere (Age: 52 years old, Period: 1721–1723, Location: Vienna (present-day Austria))
1723	Appointment as First Court Architect (Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Age: 54 years old, Period: 1723, Location: Vienna (present-day Austria))
1745	Death of Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt (Age: 77 years old, Period: November 16, 1745)

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Roman Empire	Rudolf II Matthias Ferdinand II Ferdinand Ernst Leopold I Charles VI Maria Theresa
Habsburg Family	Leopold Felician Prince Eugene Kara Mustafa Pasha Jan Sobieski Charles V
Science and Astronomy	Tycho Brahe Jan Baptist van Helmont Georg Marcgrave Georg Ernst Stahl Lorenz Heister Albrecht von Haller Philip Clüver Maria Sibylla Merian Johann Georg Gmelin
Music & Art	Peter Paul Rubens Heinrich Schütz Dieterich Buxtehude Johann Pachelbel Georg Philipp Telemann Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt Johann Balthasar Neumann

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