Ercole Rivani

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Ercole Rivani (* in the 17th century; † August 30, 1689 in Bologna ) was an Italian painter and architect.

Ercole Rivani was active in the second half of the 17th century and made altarpieces for churches in Bologna and Venice . It is possible that Ferdinando Galli da Bibiena designed his first stage sets for him in Bologna . In 1681 he worked as a theater machinist at Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera house in Paris.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon or news from the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, engravers, form cutters, lithographers, draftsmen, medalists, ivory workers, etc. Volume 13. Verlag von EA Fleischmann, Munich 1843, P. 215.
  2. ↑ : Anne Surgers: Les questions d'analyze, de lecture et d'interprétation of Scénographies à l'italienne, [...] . In: Jaak van Schoor u. a. (Ed.): Performing Arts in the Austrian 18th Century: New Directions in Historical and Methodological Research , Gent 1999, p. 29
  3. ^ Jérôme de La Gorce: Berain. Dessinateur du Roi Soleil , Editions Herscher, Paris 1986, p. 19
personal data
SURNAME Rivani, Ercole
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter and architect
DATE OF BIRTH 17th century
DATE OF DEATH August 30, 1689
Place of death Bologna