Giacomo Quarenghi
✓ Source-basedstableItalian architect in Russia (1744-1817)
ArchitectsLived 1744 to 1817 · aged 72
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Giacomo Quarenghi was an Italian architect who was the foremost and most prolific practitioner of neoclassical architecture in Imperial Russia, particularly in Saint Petersburg.
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1811 portrait by Giuseppe Poli
Quarenghi's Hermitage Theatre in St Petersburg, original drawing in the National Museum in Warsaw.
Caricature of Giacomo Quarenghi wearing the Order of the Knights of Malta, by his friend Aleksander Orłowski.
Quarenghi's best known vedute meticulously represent mediaeval monuments of Moscow and its environs.
Quarenghi regarded the Smolny Institute for Noble Maidens as the most accomplished project of his declining years.
The Kuzmino Church of the Annunciation was one of Quarenghi's first projects in Russia.Architects born in the 1740s 6
About this person
Giacomo Quarenghi was an Italian architect who was the foremost and most prolific practitioner of neoclassical architecture in Imperial Russia, particularly in Saint Petersburg. He brought into vogue an original monumental style, of Palladian inspiration, which was a reference for many architects who worked in Russia, including in the Grand Duchy of Finland.
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Architects
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Architect
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1744 to 1817 · aged 72
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