Saverio Dalla Rosa
Saverio Dalla Rosa (1 June, 1741 – 7 December, 1821) was an Italian painter, active mainly in Verona.
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Mozart, aged 14, in Verona, 1770, by Saverio Dalla Rosa
Biography[]
He was born in Verona, and trained there under Giambettino Cignaroli, his maternal uncle. He painted sacred subjects and portraits, including one of the young Mozart.[1] He painted frescoes for the Casa Niccolini in Verona. He sent an Annuciation to the Catholic church in St Petersburg, Russia. He became a member of the Accademia Clementina in Bologna.
In 1806, he wrote a book titled Scuola veronese di pittura, where he lists himself as professor of painting, member of the Accademia Clementina, Director of the Academy of painting, sculpture, in Verona.[2]
References[]
- ^ Mozart and Keyboard culture, Cornell library.
- ^ Monograph on Saverio dalla Rosa, curated by Giorgio Marini,Gianni Peretti, Ilaria Turri, Istituto Salesiano «San Zeno» Scuola Graca - Verona.
Bibliography[]
- Zannandreis, Diego (1891). Giuseppe Biadego (ed.). Le vite dei pittori, scultori e architetti veronesi. Stabilimento Tipo-Litografico G. Franchini, Verona; Digitized by Googlebooks from University of California copy on Feb 22, 2007. pp. 490–492.
Categories:
- 1741 births
- 1821 deaths
- 18th-century Italian painters
- Italian male painters
- 19th-century Italian painters
- Painters from Verona
- Italian art historians
- Italian painter, 18th-century birth stubs