Name Johann Fischer | Role Architect | |
Died April 5, 1723, Vienna, Austria Children Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach Structures Schonbrunn Palace, Karlskirche - Vienna, Hofburg Palace, Austrian National Library, Kollegienkirche Similar People Joseph Emanuel Fischer v, Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Nicolo Pacassi, Wolf Dietrich Raitenau | ||
Pier Paolo Tamburelli. Project of Historical Architecture (ITA)
Johann Bernhard Fischer (1685, Lubeck – 1772, Hinterbergen near Riga) was a doctor of German origin in Imperial Russian service as medical adviser to the Empress Anna.
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- Pier Paolo Tamburelli Project of Historical Architecture ITA
- Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
- Biography
- References
Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
Biography
Fischer was brought up in Riga (now Latvia). After studying in Germany and the Netherlands and travelling in western Europe he returned to Riga as a physician. For eight years (1734–42) he was medical adviser to the Empress Anna.
In 1742 Fischer retired from state service and settled in his estate Hinterbergen near Riga. Here he wrote an account of his life Der In Beruhigung und Friede wohnende Montan (1745), in which title the capitals I, B, and F represent his initials. He also wrote verse idylls Empfindungen des Fruhlings (1750), Hirtenlieder und Gedichte (1753), Daphnis an Silen (1754).
