Charles Philippe Dieussart
Charles Philippe Dieussart was a Dutch architect and sculptor, active in Germany in the second half of the seventeenth century. Most notably, he designed the Jagdschloss Glienicke, today a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Life
Dieussart was descended from French Huguenots who had moved to the Dutch Republic and is thought to have been born in Rome. His brother was the sculptor Jean Baptiste Dieussart, who mainly worked in Sweden. In 1657 he entered the service of Duke Gustav Adolf of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. His first important commission, which remained among his most important contributions, was the Rossewitz Castle, the first Baroque building in Mecklenburg. Also well-known is the tomb he designed for Günther von Passow in the Güstrow Cathedral.
He wrote the book Theatrum architecturae civilis that was published in several editions, dedicated to various of his patrons, and for which the architect Leonhard Dientzenhofer commissioned a posthumous edition in Bamberg in 1697.
