Carl von Diebitsch
Carl von Diebitsch (1819–1869) was a Prussian architect from Berlin active in Egypt and Prussia.[1][2] He is notable for his role in the design of the Gezira Palace for Khedive Isma'il of Egypt.[2]
Biography[edit]
He traveled from 1842 to 1848 during his studies, in Rome, Sicily, North Africa, and Spain.[1]
He worked with Julius Franz and Owen Jones on the design of the Gezira Palace for Khedive Isma'il of Egypt, contributing an Alhambresque portico and a monumental garden kiosk.[2]
He designed the “Maurischer Kiosk,” inspired by the Alhambra which he studied while in Spain, for the Prussian participation in the 1867 Exposition Universelle in Paris.[2]
Clients and works[edit]
| Client's name | Profession | Religion | Building | Building location |
| Johann Christian Gentz | Bourgeois in Neuruppin, Brandenburg | Protestant | Turkish Villa | Nerrupin, Brandenburg, Germany[1] |
| Carl von Diebitsch | Architect | Protestant | Moorish House | Berlin, Germany[1] |
| Alexander Gentz, son of Johann Christian Gentz | bourgeois in Neuruppin, Brandenburg | Protestant | Granary of Gentzrode | Near Neuruppin, Brandenburg, Germany[1] |
| Henry Oppenheim | German banker | Jewish convert to Anglicanism after marrying a British wife | Iron work and interior design of Villa Oppenheim (no longer exists) | Cairo, Egypt[1] |
| Mohamed Sherif Pasha | Minister of foreign affairs in Egypt | Muslim | Hypostyle and stairway in cast iron (no longer exists) | Cairo, Egypt[1] |
| Soliman Pasha al-Faransawi | Major General in Egyptian army | French by birth converted to Islam | Mausoleum (still existing) | Cairo, Egypt[1] |
| Ismaʼil Pasha | Khedive of Egypt | Muslim | Iron work and interior design of palace (still existing) and garden pavilion on Al-Gazira island (no longer exists) | Cairo, Egypt[1] |
| Nubar Pasha | Egyptian Minister | Armenian Christian | Rebuilding and enlarging the palace of Nubar Pasha (no longer exists) | Cairo, Egypt[1] |
| Descendant of a Mecca pilgrim | Muslim | Maqsura for a saint in a mosque on the Muqattam hills | Cairo, Egypt[1] | |
| Menshausen | Banker | Protestant | Villa Menshausen (no longer exists) | Alexandria, Egypt[1] |
| Count Gerbel or Göbel | Aristocrat | Christian | Villa Gerbel or Göbel (no longer exists) | Cairo, Egypt[1] |
| Bethel Henry Strousberg | Railway magnate | Jewish convert to Anglicanism after marrying a British wife | Moorish pavilion from the 1867 Exposition Universelle, (bought from Diebitsch's wife after his death) | Schloß Zbirow, Bohemia (today in Schloß Linderhof, Bavaria, Germany)[1] |
| Ludwig II | King of Bavaria | Catholic | Moorish pavilion from the 1867 Exposition Universelle, (bought from Strousberg when he became insolvent) | Schloß Linderhof, Bavaria, Germany[1] |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Aziz, Elke Pflugradt-Abdel (2017-12-05), Oulebsir, Nabila; Volait, Mercedes (eds.), "A Proposal by the architect Carl von Diebitsch (1819-1869): Mudejar Architecture for a Global Civilization", L’Orientalisme architectural entre imaginaires et savoirs, D'une rive, l'autre, Paris: Publications de l’Institut national d’histoire de l’art, pp. 69–88, ISBN 978-2-917902-82-0, retrieved 2023-02-14
- ^ a b c d McSweeney, Anna (2015). "Versions and Visions of the Alhambra in the Nineteenth-Century Ottoman World". West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture. 22 (1): 44–69. doi:10.1086/683080. ISSN 2153-5531. JSTOR 10.1086/683080. S2CID 194180597.