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Giocondo Albertolli
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Giocondo Albertolli was a Swiss-born architect, painter, and sculptor who was active in Italy during the Neoclassical period.
Giocondo Albertolli; portrait by Carlo Gerosa [it] (1837)
Giocondo Albertolli; portrait by Carlo Gerosa [it] (1837)
The Villa Melzi on Lake Como
The Villa Melzi on Lake Como
Giuseppe Piermarini
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Giuseppe Piermarini was an Italian architect who trained with Luigi Vanvitelli in Naples and designed the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, which remains the work by which he is chiefly remembered. Indeed,
Giocondo Albertolli
…He then visited Rome and Naples, where he briefly worked with Carlo Vanvitelli. In 1774, he returned to his family in Bedano; soon he met up with Giuseppe Piermarini for whom he collaborated in future stucco decoration of palaces in Milan. From 1775–1779, Piermarini built the Royal Villa of Monza, where Albertolli…
Giuseppe Piermarini, portrait by Martin Knoller
Giuseppe Piermarini, portrait by Martin Knoller
Façade of the Old Campus of the University of Pavia
Façade of the Old Campus of the University of Pavia
Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Teatro alla Scala, Milan
The library of the University of Pavia, 1772
The library of the University of Pavia, 1772