Paolo Landriani

Not to be confused with Paolo Camillo Landriani.

Andrea Appiani, Portrait of Paolo Landriani
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.[1] Landriani published a history of the principal theaters of Europe.[2] He died at Milan.

His relationship to Paolo Camillo Landriani is unclear.

  1. ^ Caimi, Antonio (1862). Delle arti del designo e degli artisti nelle provincie di Lombardia dal 1777-1862. Milan, Italy: Presso Luigi di Giacomo Pirola. pp. 114–117.
  2. ^ Landriani, Paolo (1830). Dottore Giulio Ferrario (ed.). Storia e Descrizione de' Principali Teatri Antichi e Moderni. Tipografia del Dottor Giulio Ferrario, Contrada del Bocchetto N. 2465.