Matteo Lucchesi

Matteo Lucchesi (1705–1776) was an Italian architect and Engineer, active mainly in his native Venice.

He learned mathematics and architecture from Tommaso Temanza.

He was named by the Ducal Republic to be Magistrato delle Acque (Magistrate of Waterworks), an important post in the state.

[1] He boasted that this church was the Redentore redento, meaning "redeemed redeemer" because it corrected the errors Lucchesi found in Palladio's church of Il Redentore.

He also was an early mentor to his nephew, the famous engraver Giovanni Battista Piranesi.