Paolo Landriani

Paolo Landriani (1757–1839) was an Italian painter and architect.

Not to be confused with Paolo Camillo Landriani.

Andrea Appiani, Portrait of Paolo Landriani
A stage setting for Act I of Aureliano in Palmira by Paolo Landriani. Aquatint and watercolour.

He was born at Milan, and studied under Gonzaga. He was employed at La Scala theatre, and became reputed as a decorator. He followed especially the principles of Bibiena and Bernardino Galliari. Giovanni Perego and Alessandro Sanquirico were his pupils when he taught at the Brera Academy.[1] Landriani published a history of the principal theaters of Europe.[2] He died at Milan.

His relationship to Paolo Camillo Landriani is unclear.

References
  • Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong and Robert Edmund Graves (ed.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. No. 4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized 18 May 2007: George Bell and Sons. p. 11.CS1 maint: location (link)
  1. Caimi, Antonio (1862). Delle arti del designo e degli artisti nelle provincie di Lombardia dal 1777-1862. Milan, Italy: Presso Luigi di Giacomo Pirola. pp. 114–117.
  2. Landriani, Paolo (1830). Dottore Giulio Ferrario (ed.). Storia e Descrizione de' Principali Teatri Antichi e Moderni. Tipografia del Dottor Giulio Ferrario, Contrada del Bocchetto N. 2465.


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