Antonio Rossetti

Antonio Rossetti was born in Milan on 31 October 1819.^[1] He studied first in Milan with Francesco Somaini, and from 1844 in Rome.^[2]

Rossetti moved to Rome in 1843, and worked there until the end of his life. He was a hard and meticulous worker who created numerous sculptures in line with contemporary tastes, which he sold to the rich, earning him a considerable fortune.^[2] His sensual marble figures and groups were especially popular with foreign visitors.^[1]

He died in Rome in 1889,^[3] although at least one source gives the earlier date of September 1876.^[2]

 

In 1849, Rossetti painted the bust of Volta for the ascent to the Pincian Hill. He created genre statuettes, nudes, portraits and funerary monuments.^[3]

He exhibited in Rome in 1879: Ritratto di D. Marino Torlonia ('Portrait of D. Marino Torlonia'), L'Estate ('Summer'), Psiche ('Psyche'), Amore ('Love'), La tentazione di una Vestale ('The Temptation of a Vestal'), and again in 1887. In 1877 he exhibited in Liverpool, and in 1888 he exhibited in London: Garibaldi, Mercante d'amore ('Merchant of Love'), Ingenua ('Ingénue'), Ofelia ('Ophelia'), and Amore segreto ('Secret Love').^[3]

• Hermitage Museum: Esmeralda (1856);^[3]
• Glasgow Museums: The Nubian Slave (after 1858, marble);
• McLean Museum and Art Gallery: The Flight from Pompeii (1878, marble).^[1]

 

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• Martoreli, Roberto and Panzetta, Alfonso (2015). "Antonio Rossetti". Storia e Memoria di Bologna. Istituzione Bologna Musei.
• Oliver, Valerie Cassel, ed. (2011). "Rosetti, Antonio". In Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press.
• Rainer, Ch. (1986). "Rossetti, Antonio". In Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950. Vol. 9. Austrian Academy of Sciences. p. 263.