view of a building with multiple stories; arched doorway at left, arched opening to a small balcony at center and arched opening in wall at right; potted plants on high patio at center; trees at left

Italian Landscape, 18th-19th century

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Giacomo Quarenghi is sometimes called the last of Italy’s great architects. He realized his most ambitious projects in Russia, working for Catherine the Great (1729–1796). In his younger days he traveled throughout Italy, making drawings of architecture wherever he went. This lovely sketch comes from that time. Buildings like these formed Quarenghi’s design sensibility until he encountered the writings of the great Italian architect Andrea Palladio (1508–1580). After that, he devoted himself to classical ideas from ancient Greek and Roman architecture, filling his work with symmetry and formal colonnades.

Details
Title
Italian Landscape
Artist Life
1744 - 1817
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2012.58.119
Provenance
[Pietro Scarpa, Venice until 1971; sold July 10 for 140,000 lire to Moir]; Alfred Moir, Santa Barbara (1971-d. 2010; bequeathed to MIA)
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view of a building with multiple stories; arched doorway at left, arched opening to a small balcony at center and arched opening in wall at right; potted plants on high patio at center; trees at left