Alliprandi, Giovanni Battista
Alliprandi, Giovanni Battista (1665–1720). Architect of the Garden Palace of Liblice (1699–1706) and the Palais Lobkowicz, Prague (1702–5), who explored powerful curved bow-centrepieces, and contributed to the richness of Baroque buildings in Bohemia.
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