Charles Philippe Dieussart (also Charles Philipp) (ca. 1625–1696) was a Dutch

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and

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, active in Germany in the second half of the seventeenth century. Most notably, he designed the

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, today a

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Life

Dieussart was descended from French

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who had moved to the

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and is thought to have been born in

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. His brother was the sculptor Jean Baptiste Dieussart, who mainly worked in

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. In 1657 he entered the service of Duke Gustav Adolf of

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. 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

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Cathedral. He wrote the book ''Theatrum architecturae civilis'' that was published in several editions (1679 and 1682 in Güstrow, 1692 and possibly also 1695 in

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), dedicated to various of his patrons, and for which the architect Leonhard Dientzenhofer commissioned a posthumous edition in

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(with changed dedication and foreword) in 1697.

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Year of birth missing 1620s births Dutch Baroque sculptors Dutch Baroque architects 1696 deaths {{Netherlands-architect-stub