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Antonio Niccolini (21 April 1772 – 8 May 1850) was an Italian architect, scenic designer, and engraver.Ricerche su l'origine, su i progressi, e sul decadimento delle arti
1821, by Giovanni Battista Gennaro Grossi, page 30. Niccolini was born in

San Miniato al Tedesco San Miniato is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Pisa, in the region of Tuscany, Italy. San Miniato sits at an historically strategic location atop three small hills where it dominates the lower Arno valley, between the valleys of Ego ...

Tuscany Tuscany ( ; it, Toscana ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (''Firenze''). Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, art ...

. He is best known for rebuilding the interior of the

Teatro di San Carlo The Real Teatro di San Carlo ("Royal Theatre of Saint Charles"), as originally named by the Bourbon monarchy but today known simply as the Teatro (di) San Carlo, is an opera house in Naples, Italy, connected to the Royal Palace and adjacent t ...

after it burned down in 1816. He was also an active scenographer for the theater. Raffaele del Ponte was one of his pupils. He published a number of treatises on architecture from

Pompeii Pompeii (, ) was an ancient city located in what is now the ''comune'' of Pompei near Naples in the Campania region of Italy. Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area (e.g. at Boscoreale, Stabiae), was buried ...

and

Herculaneum Herculaneum (; Neapolitan and it, Ercolano) was an ancient town, located in the modern-day ''comune'' of Ercolano, Campania, Italy. Herculaneum was buried under volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Like the nea ...

, including:
Tempio di Serapide">''Descrizione della gran terma puteolana, volgarmente detta Macellum of Pozzuoli, Tempio di Serapide
''By A. Niccolini (1846) Naples, Stamperia Reale. *''Real museo borbonico'', Volumes 1 - 15, Museo Nazionale di Napoli, by A. Niccolini. *''Views and Restorations of the Monuments of Pompeii'', by A. Niccolini.
''Quadro in musaico scoperto in Pompei a di 24 ottobre 1831''
by A. Niccolini (1832)
''Sul ritratto di Leone X dipinto da Raffaello di Urbino e sulla copia di Andrea del Sarto''
by A. Niccolini (1841), Stamperia Reale, Naples. He died in Naples, aged 78.

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1772 births 1850 deaths 19th-century Italian architects Italian scenic designers Painters from Naples People from San Miniato Architects from Tuscany {{italy-architect-stub