Dieussart was descended from French Huguenots who had moved to the Dutch Republic and is thought to have been born in Rome.[a] His brother was the sculptor Jean Baptiste Dieussart, who mainly worked in Sweden.[1][2] 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[3][4] that was published in several editions (1679 and 1682 in Güstrow, 1692 and possibly also 1695 in Bayreuth),[3] dedicated to various of his patrons,[b][3] and for which the architect Leonhard Dientzenhofer commissioned a posthumous edition in Bamberg (with changed dedication and foreword)[5] in 1697.[6]
Notes
^In his book, Dieussart identifies himself as the author as "Carlo Philippo Deussart. Rom.", which may indicate that he was originally from Rome. He is also believed to be a son of the sculptor François Dieussart[1] who was working in Rome between 1622 and 1636.
1682 edition, dedicated to Duke of Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg Frederick William: Theatrum architecturae civilis (in German), Güstrow: Johann Spierling, 1682
^Bertil Waldén[in Swedish] (1942), Nicolaes Millich och hans krets: studier i den karolinska barockens bildhuggarkonst (in Swedish), Stockholm: Saxon & Lindströms förlag
^Ulrich Schütte, "Als wenn eine ganze Ordnung da stünde...": Anmerkungen zum System der Säulenordnungen und seiner Auflösung im späten 18. Jahrhundert, Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte, 44 Bd., H. 1. (1981), pp. 15-37
![Grave monument for Günther von Passow [de]](File:Guestrow_Dom_Grabmal_Passow.jpg)
