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PEREGO, Giovanni - b. 1776 Milano, d. 1817 Milano - WGA

PEREGO, Giovanni

(b. 1776 Milano, d. 1817 Milano)

Italian scenographer and architect. He attended the Accademia di Brera where he studied scenography under the aegis of Paolo Landriani (1757-1839). Thanks to his master, in 1807 he worked hard at the Teatro alla Scala, restoring Neoclassical ceiling decorations. He was an extremely creative person, particularly skilled in making prospective effects. Some of his works are still preserved at the Stage Museum of the Scala and at the Antonio Caccia Foundation Museum in Lugano. He also made the decorations of the Court Theater of the Royal Villa of Monza.

He designed the Palazzo Saporiti, located in the centre of Milan. Perego was not officially entitled to handle the commission as he was not a professional architect, therefore the plan was carried out by Innocenzo Giusti in 1812.

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Private palaces in the early 19th century kept to the existing types, but adapted them to changed tastes, often by using Palladian or other cinquecento features. The Palazzo Rocca-Saporiti, built in 1812 for Gaetano Belloni and sold in 1818 to the Marquese Saporiti, sports a rusticated ground floor and a colonnade on the upper floor terminating in corner projections. Instead of the continuous and yet differentiated orchestration typical of 18th century buildings, however, the row of columns in front of the shadowed background of the loggia now provides a stark contrast with the smooth wall surfaces of the end pavilions and their separately formed openings.

The design for the Palazzo Rocca-Saporiti originated from Giovanni Perego, a scenographer was not officially entitled to handle the commission as he was not a professional architect, therefore the plan was carried out by Innocenzo Giusti in 1812.

The photo shows the fa�ade of the palace.

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Private palaces in the early 19th century kept to the existing types, but adapted them to changed tastes, often by using Palladian or other cinquecento features. The Palazzo Rocca-Saporiti, built in 1812 for Gaetano Belloni and sold in 1818 to the Marquese Saporiti, sports a rusticated ground floor and a colonnade on the upper floor terminating in corner projections. Instead of the continuous and yet differentiated orchestration typical of 18th century buildings, however, the row of columns in front of the shadowed background of the loggia now provides a stark contrast with the smooth wall surfaces of the end pavilions and their separately formed openings.

The design for the Palazzo Rocca-Saporiti originated from Giovanni Perego, a scenographer was not officially entitled to handle the commission as he was not a professional architect, therefore the plan was carried out by Innocenzo Giusti in 1812.

The photo shows a detail of the fa�ade, the colonnade of the upper floor.

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