Domenico Rossetti (c. 1650–1736) was an Italian painter and engraver active mainly in Verona. He was known for his wood engravings and etchings.
Biography
editHe was born in Venice. He worked for years as Maestro della Stampe of the Zecca of Venice. He was patronized by Bishop Giovanni Francesco Barbarigo, who brought him to Verona, from where he traveled to Munich in Bavaria, and then to Dusseldorf, to work for over a decade as an engraver. Among his engravings is Il Pugilato, based on a painting by Pietro Liberi.[1]
He designed the decorations for a room in the bishopric of Verona in which Saint Charles Borromeo had stayed. He designed an altar in the Oratorio della Concezione in Verona, next to the church of Santa Maria di Chiavica.[2] He made a series of engravings of works of Tintoretto.[3]
References
edit- ^ Catalogo di una raccolta di stampe antiche, Volume 2, by Marchese Luigi Malaspina di Sannazaro, page 376.
- ^ Le vite de' pittori, de gli scultori, et architetti Veronesi, by Bartolomeo Dal Pozzo, page 349-351.
- ^ Lombardia Beni Culturali, engravings after Tintoretto.