Antoine Derizet

Claudius and Andrew of the Burgundian (c.1729),[2] where he experimented with reviving the High Renaissance central planning of a Greek cross surmounted by a central dome, and, facing Trajan's Forum, Santissimo Nome di Maria (1736–38),[3] which is elliptical in plan, with radiating chapels.

He also provided designs for the marble revetment and stuccoes added to the interior of San Luigi dei Francesi (1759–64).

[4] Dérizet lectured at the Accademia di San Luca on his theory of proportional harmonies between music and architecture.

These theories, akin to those common in the Renaissance[5] but currently fallen into desuetude, failed to convince the architect Giacomo Quarenghi, who attended the lectures, according to his remarks in letters to the mathematician Alexander Barca in Padua.

[note 1] A close friend was the painter-collector Adrien Manglard (1695–1760), his compatriot at the Accademia.