Giorgio Massari

Massari's Villa Cordellina Lombardi, built for Carlo Cordellina, Montecchio Maggiore, c 1735-60

Giorgio Massari (1687–1766) was a prominent late-Baroque Venetian architect. Among his masterpieces are the Chiesa dei Gesuati (1726-43) and the Palazzo Grassi-Stucky (1749). In the latter, Massari executed a traditional elegant marble fronted Grand Canal palace facade, with Baroque rhythms and variations to the arrangement of bays.

Massari also designed the scenographic staircase entry to Villa Giovanelli, Noventa Padovana.

References

• Rudolf Wittkower (1986). Pelican History of Art. ed. Art and Architecture in Italy 1600-1750. p. 387.