Niccolò Codazzi

Niccolò Codazzi (Naples 1642 – Genoa 1693) was an Italian painter of architectural paintings, capricci and vedute.

A son of the prominent architectural painter Viviano Codazzi, he trained with his father and was active in Rome, Paris and Genoa.

He was one of the artists who worked on the decoration of the piano nobile (grand salon) of the Palazzo Altieri.

[6] During his French sojourn, he received a commission by king Louis XIV of France to paint landscapes with architecture for the Grand appartement de la reine at Versailles.

[6] In Genoa he worked alongside painters such as Gregorio de Ferrari and the Piola brothers.

[8] The subject matter and style of his painting show the growing popularity of Classical Rome with collectors in the 17th century.

He also collaborated with Theodor Helmbreker, Pieter van Bloemen, Jacob de Heusch, Filippo Lauri and Adriaen van der Cabel, and during his time in Genoa, with Paolo Gerolamo Piola.

[6][8][9] The type of decorative architectural paintings that Codazzi created represented a form that had become popular in mid-17th century Rome.