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

He traveled from 1842 to 1848 during his studies, in Rome, Sicily, North Africa, and Spain.^[1]

He worked with Julius Franz [de] 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 [de],” 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

Client's name	Profession	Religion	Building	Building location
Johann Christian Gentz [de]	Bourgeois in Neuruppin, Brandenburg	Protestant	Turkish Villa	Nerrupin, Brandenburg, Germany^[1]
Carl von Diebitsch	Architect	Protestant	Moorish House	Berlin, Germany^[1]
Alexander Gentz [de], 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

^ ^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. hdl:2262/108262. ISSN 2153-5531. JSTOR 10.1086/683080. S2CID 194180597.

[:0-1] ^ ^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

[:1-2] 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. hdl:2262/108262. ISSN 2153-5531. JSTOR 10.1086/683080. S2CID 194180597.

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