Pietro Righini (2 August 1683 - 20 December 1742) was an Italian architect and scenic designer. Born in Parma, he was active as a scenic designer with both the Teatro Regio di Torino and the Teatro di San Carlo. He painted the scenes to Bajazet and the Nino Drammi by Francesco Gambarini in 1719-1720.Gli artisti italiani e stranieri negli stati estensi catalogo storico ... By Giuseppe Campori, page 407. Among his pupils is Vincenzo Dal Rè.Architectural and Ornament Drawings: Juvarra, Vanvitelli, the Bibiena Family, by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Mary L. Myers, page 41. Several of his scenes were popularized as engravings by German artist Martin Engelbrecht.
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