Pietro Paolo Drei

Pietro Paolo Drei (Petro Pauolo Dreio or Pietro Paulo Dreo) (c.1600 – 1656) worked for the Fabbrica of St Peter's Basilica, first as a fattore (under supervisor) and later as a soprastante (foreman and architect's assistant).[1] He was the son of Benedetto[2] (c.1580 – 1637), also a fattore of the Fabbrica, whom he assisted with flower mosaics on the floor of St Peter's Basilica for 13 years – from approximately 1620.[3] This involved creating imagery by arranging vibrant flower petals. In the works, whole flowers, individual petals, and petals which had been cut into smaller pieces made up the composition.[4]

References
  1. McPhee, S. (2008). 'The Long Arm of the Fabbrica: St Peter's and the City of Rome' Rome' in Sankt Peter in Rom 1506-2006, edited by G. Satzinger and S. Schütze. Munich. pp. 353–58.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. "DREI in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  3. Giffin, E. (March 2021). Pietro Paolo Drei's Flower Mosaics Revealed in Print (Volume XXXVII, No. 1 ed.). Print Quarterly.
  4. Ferrari, G. B. (1638). Prende poscia I Fiori raunati in gran copia, parte interi, parte minuzzati, ò sfondrati, secondi il bisogno'. p. 423.
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