Vincenzo Brenna
Italian architect and painter (1747-1820) · Architects · Died at 72
Vincenzo Brenna was an Italian architect and painter who was the house architect of Paul I of Russia. Brenna was hired by Paul and his spouse Maria Fyodorovna as interior decorator in 1781 and by the end of 1780s became the couple's leading architect.
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Baths of Titus from Vestigia delle Terme di Tito by Smuglewicz, Brenna and Carloni
Interiors of Gatchina Palace in 1877
Ruins of Bip Fortress (Paul's folly) in Pavlovsk
Brenna's original 1797 drawing
View in 1801. Watercolor by Giacomo Quarenghi
Antonio Casassi Theatre, Brenna's last building, stood on site of present-day Alexandrinsky TheatreAbout this person
Brenna worked on Pavlovsk Palace and Gatchina palaces, rebuilt Saint Isaac's Cathedral, and most notably created Saint Michael's Castle in Saint Petersburg. Most of his architectural works were created concurrently during Paul's brief reign. Soon after Paul was murdered in a palace coup Brenna, renowned for fraud and embezzlement barely tolerated by his late patron, retired and left Russia for an uneventful life in Saxony.
