Saverio Dalla Rosa

Saverio Dalla Rosa (1 June, 1741 – 7 December, 1821) was an Italian painter, active mainly in Verona.

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

1. Mozart and Keyboard culture, Cornell library.
2. 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.