Pietro_Righini

Pietro Righini

Pietro Righini

Italian painter

Pietro Righini (2 August 1683 - 20 December 1742) was an Italian architect and scenic designer. Born in Parma, he was active as a scenic designer with both the Teatro Regio di Torino and the Teatro di San Carlo.[1] He painted the scenes to Bajazet and the Nino Drammi by Francesco Gambarini in 1719-1720.[2] Among his pupils is Vincenzo Dal Rè.[3] Several of his scenes were popularized as engravings by German artist Martin Engelbrecht.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Casaglia, Gherardo (2005)."Pietro Righini". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
  2. [2]
    Gli artisti italiani e stranieri negli stati estensi catalogo storico ... By Giuseppe Campori, page 407.
  3. [3]
    Architectural and Ornament Drawings: Juvarra, Vanvitelli, the Bibiena Family, by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Mary L. Myers, page 41.
  4. [4]
    Steen, Charlie R. (2019). A Cultural History of Early Modern Europe. Routledge. ISBN 9781000733334.


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