Biography and information
(Pietro Scotti) is a promising and decorative painter; b. September 21, 1768, died August 13, 1838, Together with his son Carl, Peter, Scotti had been painting in different cities of Italy, and then they both came to St. Petersburg, where he studied, among other things, the decoration of the Mikhailovsky Palace and fabrication of theatrical scenery. Emperor Paul I got from them they made copies from Vatican frescoes by Raphael. In 1794, Scotty was determined at the Academy of fine Arts "to teach the class painting with water colors, perspective architecture, arabesco and other interior decorations"; it served "without salary, but with decent to live in his apartment and in proportion thereof wood and candles." In 1807, was recognized by the designated academics for perspective painting for the picture.
