Giacomo Quarenghi
(1744–1817) italiensk-rysk arkitekt
Giacomo Quarenghi (1744–1817) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Giacomo Quarenghi belongs to the chapter ‘The Enlightenment’ in this site’s history of architecture.
Giacomo Quarenghi was born in Rota d'Imagna and died in Saint Petersburg. The teachers included Giovanni Raggi, Anton Raphael Mengs, and Stefano Pozzi. Giacomo Quarenghi worked in Rome, Moscow, and Saint Petersburg. Wikidata associates Giacomo Quarenghi with Classicism.
The best-known works include ‘Smolny Institute’, ‘Alexander Palace’, and ‘Hermitage Theatre’. The works belong mainly to the genre landscape painting. The catalogue has 11 buildings by Giacomo Quarenghi. The dated buildings span the years 1730–1798. The buildings are in places such as Saint Petersburg, Smolny Passage, Pusjkin, Petrogradsky District, and Pavlovsk. They are in 3 countries. According to Wikidata, buildings by Giacomo Quarenghi belong to the styles ‘Neoclassicism’, ‘Baroque’, and ‘Romanesque’.
Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Jean-Laurent Mosnier, Ramón Bayeu, David Allan, William Hodges, and Jan van Os.