Jan Zygmunt Deybel
Appearance
Jan Zygmunt Deybel von Hammerau or Johann Sigmund Deybel (born 1685–90, Saxony; died 1752) was a Rococo architect from Saxony mainly active in Poland. He also served as a captain (from 1736) then as a major (1746) in the Polish artillery — his son was the general Krystian Godfryd Deybel de Hammerau.
Life
[edit]From 1719 to 1721 he worked in Warsaw's royal buildings office and from 1726 was architect to Augustus II the Strong. He used French architectural forms from the three-volume 1727-37 L'Architecture française by J. Mariette. His pupils included Ephraim Szreger and Zygmunt Vogel.
External links
[edit]- https://web.archive.org/web/20130928071646/http://www.warszawa1939.pl/osoba_obiekty.php?osoba_id=156