Italian architect, scenographer, and writer. He is best known for rebuilding the interior of the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples after it burned down in 1816. He was also an active scenographer for the theatre. Raffaele del Ponte (1813-1872) was one of his pupils. He published a number of treatises on architecture from Pompeii and Herculaneum.
The Neoclassical fa�ade of the Teatro San Carlo was grafted 1810-11 on the building erected in 1737 by Giovanni Antonio Medrano (born 1703). An Ionic colonnade is inserted like a decorative strip between closed corner blocks which continue upwards as pylons. After the Baroque theatre burnt down in 1818, Niccolini, who also worked as a stage designer, undertook the reconstruction himself.
The Neoclassical fa�ade of the Teatro San Carlo was grafted 1810-11 on the building erected in 1737 by Giovanni Antonio Medrano (born 1703). An Ionic colonnade is inserted like a decorative strip between closed corner blocks which continue upwards as pylons. After the Baroque theatre burnt down in 1818, Niccolini, who also worked as a stage designer, undertook the reconstruction himself.
