Count Carlo Archinto (30 July 1669 – 17 December 1732) was an Italian aristocrat and patron of the arts. He was born into the aristocratic Archinto family and was educated initially under the

Jesuits The Society of Jesus ( la, Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ), also known as the Jesuits (; la, Iesuitæ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ...

at the

Brera Academy The Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera ("academy of fine arts of Brera"), also known as the or Brera Academy, is a state-run tertiary public academy of fine arts in Milan, Italy. It shares its history, and its main building, with the Pinacoteca d ...

of Milan. He then studied with he Jesuits at the

University of Ingolstadt The University of Ingolstadt was founded in 1472 by Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria, Louis the Rich, the Duke of Bavaria at the time, and its first Chancellor was the Bishop of Eichstätt. It consisted of five faculties: humanities, sciences, theology ...

. He travelled as a young man through France, Germany, Holland, and his native Italy and returned in Milan in 1700. In 1702, he founded a scholarly academy, which met at his palace. He collaborated with Filippo Argelati to publish the epic history by Muratori, titled ''Scriptores Rerum Italicarum''. He was rewarded with appointments by the Hapsburg rulers. Archinto commissioned frescoes by the Venetian

Tiepolo Giovanni Battista Tiepolo ( , ; March 5, 1696 – March 27, 1770), also known as Giambattista (or Gianbattista) Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice who painted in the Rococo style, considered an import ...

to decorate his family's

Palazzo Archinto A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence, or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word is derived from the Latin name palātium, for Palatine Hill in Rome which ...

.Giambattista Tiepolo: Fifteen Oil Sketches
by Jon L. Seydl, page 36. Frescoes destroyed by bombing in World War II.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Archinto Carlo 1669 births 1732 deaths 18th-century Italian writers 18th-century Italian male writers Italian art patrons People from Milan