Antonio Rossetti or Rosetti (1819–1889) was an Italian sculptor of nudes and figures.[1]
Life edit
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]
Works edit
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]
Exhibitions edit
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]
Collections edit
- 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]
Notes edit
References edit
- 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.