Artist
Domenico and Giuseppe Valeriani
The Valeriani brothers were painters of architectural subjects and stage scenery1. They worked together in Italy and abroad2. They are known for having worked on the sets of more than thirty operas. By 1716, they were collaborating with Marco Ricci in Venice. Throughout the 1720s, they worked as set designers in the Venetian theatres of Sant’Angelo and San Giovanni Grisostomo. Among their masterpieces are the choir of the church of the Scalzi in Venice and the salone of the palace at Stupinigi, outside Turin, painted in 1731–33. They were established in Rome in 1735–39, working at the Teatro delle Dame. In 1742, Giuseppe travelled to St. Petersburg, where he designed the interiors of the opera house and decorated a number of spaces in the Winter Palace and at Peterhof and Tsarskoye Selo for the Empress Elizabeth. He died in St. Petersburg on 18 April 1762.
- For the Valeriani brothers, see M. Viale Ferrero, Valeriani, Giuseppe, “Grove Music Online”, Oxford 2001 (https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/display/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-5000003290).
- For the Valeriani brothers, see T. D. Llewellyn, Owen McSwiny’s Letters, 1720–1744. Lettere artistiche del Settecento Veneziano 4, Venezia 2009, p. 106 note 311.
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How to cite:
X. F. Salomon, Domenico and Giuseppe Valeriani, in Gaudium Magnum Foundation. The Painting Collection, ed. V. Rossi, with T. Borgogelli and A. Marengo, Lisbon 2026.
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