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Tessin Palace. Count Nicodemus Tessin the Younger (23 May 1654 – 10 April 1728) was a Swedish Baroque architect, city planner, and administrator. The son of Nicodemus Tessin the Elder and the father of Carl Gustaf Tessin, Tessin the Younger was the middle generation of the brief Tessin dynasty, which has had a lasting influence on Swedish ...
May 19, 2024 · Nicodemus Tessin the Younger was a notable Swedish Baroque architect. The son of the architect Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, he took over his father’s position as Stockholm’s city architect after studying in Paris and Rome during the 1670s.
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May 20, 2024 · Tessin’s other principal works are the cathedral at Kalmar, Swed. (1660–70), the Caroline Mausoleum (1672) at the Riddarholm Church in Stockholm, and several country houses for the Swedish nobility. He became city architect to Stockholm in 1661. His son was the architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger.
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Artist and architect Nicodemus Tessin, the Younger Swedish. ca. 1687. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899. The decoration of the room where Louis XIV kept his impressive collections of engraved gems and medals, seen here in a rapid sketch, duly impressed the Swedish architect Tessin.
Nicodemus Tessin the Elder (Swedish: Nicodemus Tessin den äldre) (7 December 1615 in Stralsund – 24 May 1681 in Stockholm) was an important Swedish architect. Biography [ edit ] Nicodemus Tessin was born in Stralsund in Pomerania and came to Sweden as a young man.
Nicodemus Tessin the Younger was undoubtedly the most famous, and in the present book his work is examined on the basis of new research and from varied viewpoints. The existing monograph on Tessin by Ragnar Josephson was published already in 1930-31 and thus in need of updating.
The son of Nicodemus Tessin the Elder and the father of Carl Gustaf Tessin, Tessin the Younger was the middle generation of the brief Tessin dynasty, which has had a lasting influence on Swedish architecture and history. Read more on Wikipedia.
