Paolo Landriani

Italian painter and architect From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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.

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