Raffaele Stern (1774–1820) was an Italian architect.
Born in 1774 in Rome to Giovanni Stern, an architect. Raffaele was also the grandson of the Baroque painter, born and active in Rome,
Ludovico Stern
Ludovico Stern (October 5, 1709- December 25, 1777) was an Italian painter of the Rococo or late-Baroque period, active in Rome. He is known for both large sacred and history paintings, as well as still lives, and portraits.
Biography
Stern wa ...
.
He was educated in
Winckelmann's classical and
neoclassical principles, and designed a plan for a New Wing of the Museo Chiaramonti in the
Vatican Museums
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in 1805–1806, which he was commissioned to enact in 1817. He also worked on the papal restoration of the
Colosseum
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and
Arch of Titus
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which were later taken on by
Giuseppe Valadier Giuseppe Valadier (April 14, 1762 – February 1, 1839) was an Italian architect and designer, urban planner and archaeologist and a chief exponent of Neoclassicism in Italy.
Biography
The son of a goldsmith, Luigi (1726–1785), Valadier was born ...
. He also built a new
Fontana dei Dioscuri
The Fontana dei Dioscuri is the fountain set opposite the Palazzo del Quirinale, the official residence of the President of the Italian Republic in the Piazza del Quirinale.
The original fountain, which no longer exists, commissioned by Pope S ...
in 1818 for
Pope Pius VII
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supporting an ancient Roman
granite
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seashell
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(found in the 16th century) on top of a large basin. His pupils included
Luigi Poletti.
Stern died in Rome in 1820.
Sources
www.italycyberguide.com
1774 births
1820 deaths
19th-century Italian architects
Architects from Rome
Italian neoclassical architects
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