About Paolo Landriani
Lived 1757 – 1839 (aged 81–82). Paolo Landriani was an Italian painter, architect and scenographer.
A stage setting for Act I of Aureliano in Palmira by Paolo Landriani. Aquatint and watercolour. Paolo Landriani (1757–1839) was an Italian painter and architect.
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. Landriani published a history of the principal theaters of Europe. He died at Milan.
His relationship to Paolo Camillo Landriani is unclear.
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Who was Paolo Landriani?
Italian painter
When was Paolo Landriani born?
Paolo Landriani was born in 1757 in Milan.
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Paolo Landriani died on 25 January 1839 in Milan, Urbino.
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Paolo Landriani was a painter, architect and scenographer.
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Paolo Landriani was Italian.
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