18th Century

Vincenzo Brenna

Italian architect, decorative painter. Born in the family of Francesco Brenna in Florence (1747). Studied in Rome and Paris. Studied Ancient Roman architecture. Employed by Count Stanis?aw Kostka Pot...

Jean-Baptiste-Michel Vallin de la Mothe

Jean-Baptiste-Michel Vallin de la Mothe was born in Angoulême in south-west France in 1729. After studying in Paris and Rome, he went to St Petersburg in 1759 to teach architecture at the Academy of ...

Giacomo Quarenghi

Giacomo Quarenghi was born in the small town of Rota d’Imagna near Bergamo in 1744. His fate was decided when he visited and fell in love with Rome in 1763. Inspired by the majestic ruins and ancient...

Antonio Rinaldi

Antonio Rinaldi was born in Italy in 1710 and studied under Luigi Vanvitelli in Naples. He was first invited to Russia by Kirill Razumovsky, the last hetman of the Ukraine, to build at his capital in...

Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli

Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli was an Italian Baroque architect. He was born in Florence in 1700 in the family of the Italian sculptor Bartolomeo Carlo Rastrelli, who worked at the court of King Loui...

Bartolomeo Carlo Rastrelli

Italian sculptor, architect. Father of Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli. Bartolomeo Carlo Rastrelli was born in Florence in 1675. He studied as an architect in Florence, Rome and Paris. In 1716, when h...

Johann Gottfried Schädel

Johann Gottfried Schädel was born circa 1680 in the town of Wandsbek near Hamburg. In 1712, he was offered employment by Prince Alexander Menshikov, who was with the Russian army in Pomerania and pla...

Francesco Fontana

Francesco Fontana is possibly one of the most enigmatic architects of this period. Virtually nothing is known of him – and what is known is often confused with another Italian architect with the same...

Mikhail Zemtsov

Mikhail Zemtsov is an important name in the history of Russian culture. A true “fledgling” of the nest of Peter the Great, he was greatly indebted to the tsar for his professional career and fame. Mi...

Jean-Baptiste-Alexandre Le Blond

Jean-Baptiste-Alexandre Le Blond was born in Paris in 1679. He was the son of Jean Le Blond, a leading artist and member of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. As a young boy, he showed ...

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