Carlo Rosa (1613 – September 12, 1678) was an Italian painter.

Biography

Carlo was the son of a provincial painter, Massenzio Rosa. He moved to

Bitonto Bitonto (; nap, label= Bitontino, Vetònde) is a city and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bari (Apulia region), Italy. It lies to the west of Bari. It is nicknamed the "City of Olives", due to the numerous olive groves surrounding the cit ...

as a young boy, and there he had his first training until, under the patronage of the Bishop of Bitonto, Fabrizio Carafa, he moved to Naples, where during 1636 to 1641, he worked in the studio of

Massimo Stanzione Massimo Stanzione (also called Stanzioni; 1585 – 1656) was an Italian Baroque painter, mainly active in Naples, where he and his rival Jusepe de Ribera dominated the painting scene for several decades. He was primarily a painter of altarpiece ...

Works

After working with Stanzione, Carlo traveled to Rome and then returned to Naples, where he was a follower of

Mattia Preti Mattia Preti (24 February 1613 – 3 January 1699) was an Italian Baroque artist who worked in Italy and Malta. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Saint John. Life Born in the small town of Taverna in Calabria, Preti was called ''Il Cava ...

. He also painted a ''St Gregory'' and a ''San Carlo Borromeo'' for the Church of the Santissimi Apostoli of Naples. Later in life he moved back to Bitonto, where he painted for many churches. For example, he painted the ceilings for the Church of San Nicola di Bari. Among his pupils was

Francesco Antonio Altobello Francesco Antonio Altobello (1637-1703), a Neapolitan painter of the 17th century, was a scholar of Carlo di Rosa, who had studied under Massino Stanzioni. Altobello used ultramarine Ultramarine is a deep blue color pigment which was originall ...

. ''Artisti abruzzesi: pittori, scultori, architetti, maestri di musica'' ...
By Vincenzo Bindi, (1883); Naples, Comm G De Angelis E Figlio , Tipografi de SM il Re D'Italia, Portamedina all Pignasecca 44. Page 249.

References

1613 births 1678 deaths People from Bitonto Italian Baroque painters 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Naples {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub