Antonio Rossi (painter)

The Staff's Supper, by Carlo Lodi and Antonio Rossi.

Antonio Rossi (1700–1753) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period, active mainly in Bologna.

Born in Bologna, his father a merchant, obtained for his son a Jesuit education, and then training under Lorenzo Bergonzoni. Subsequently, along with Giuseppe Marchesi, he worked in the studio of Marcantonio Franceschini. He was a member of the Accademia Clementina.[1][2]

Most of his works were on religious topics. He painted for the Basilica of San Domenico in Bologna. Among his works are:

  • San Tommaso da Villanova(1723), now housed at hospital of Cento
  • Martyrdom of St Bartholemew (1736) for Oratory della Concezione in Crevalcore
  • Madonna e Santa Maria Maddalena dè Pazzi (1737) for the chiesa arcipretale of Medicina
  • Portraits of Seven founding Saints (1740) for church of San Lorenzo in Budrio
  • Saints Augustine and Monica in ecstasy (1753-1755) for San Giacomo Maggiore in Bologna
  • Madonna, St Michael, and St Blaise in ecstasy (1754) for Basilica of San Biagio, Cento
  • St Peter and Paul before an allegory of Faith for the Cathedral of Anzola dell'Emilia
  • Consecration of the Bishop by the Blessed Nicolò Albergati for the Cathedral of San Petronio, Bologna
  • Crossing the Red Sea for Villa Boncompagni-Barbieri at Cicogna di San Lazzaro

di Savena.

  1. ^ Annali della città di Bologna dalle sua origine al 1796, by Salvatore Muzzi; Bologna, 1846, Volume 8, page 744.
  2. ^ https://centroculturaleanzolese.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Rossi.pdf {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)