Domenico de' Rossi (1659–1730) was an Italian sculptor and engraver. In 1709 Domenico inherited the printshop of Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi, by the church of

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, the largest and most long-lived publisher of the Roman baroque. Several generations of the de' Rossi participated in the family publishing firm established in the 17th century, which continued to produce engravings for the use of designer

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He is especially remembered for the three folio volumes of architectural engravings of elevations and frontal views of

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palazzi and churches in

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, which included among them some unexecuted designs of

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and Borromini, and which were titled "''Studio d'architettura civile di Roma'' 1702, 1711, and 1721. The first volume, showing a wide variety of designs of windows, doors and gates, porticos and porches, chimney pieces and stairs, and dedicated to

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, was engraved for Rossi by quite a large team:

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, Vinzendo Francischini, and others. De' Rossi also produced a book of designs for altars and chapels, ''Disegni di Vari Altari e Cappelle'', 1685. The series of engravings were some of the first to present the contemporary baroque decoration of 17th-century Rome, thus they are of interest to architectural historians and were reprinted with an introductory essay by

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, 1972. When he published a collection of engravings of ancient and modern

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, ''Raccolta di statue antiche e moderne'' (Rome, 1704), he turned to the well-known antiquarian

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for suitably learned descriptive text, for what was in effect the first eighteenth-century art book, whose refined engravings by French artists were designed to appeal to the ''cognoscenti''.A point made by Hugh Honour and Nicholas Penny, ''Taste and the Antique: The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500-1900'' (Yale University Press) 1981:23 The complete titles of Domenico de' Rossi's volumes: *''Studio d'architettura civile sopra gli ornamenti di porte e finestre tatti da alcune fabbriche insigni di Roma con le misure piante modini, e profili. Opera de piu celebri architetti de nostri tempi,'' Rome, 1702. Dedicated to Clement XI *''Studio d'architettura civile sopra varj ornamenti di cappelle, e diversi sepolcri tratti da più chiese di Roma colle loro facciate, fianchi, piante, e misure. Opera de' più celebri architetti de' nostri tempi'', Rome, 1711. Dedicated to Cardinal Francesco Acquaviva d'Aragona *''Studio d'architettura civili sopra varie chiese, cappelle di Roma, e palazzo di Caprarola, et altre fabriche con le loro facciate, spaccati, piante, e misure. Opera de' piu celebri architetti de' nostri tempi'', Rome, 1721. Dedicated to Cardinal Bernardino Scotto.

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Engravings by various artists from Domenico de' Rossi, ''Studio d'architettura civile''

bibliography, including material by the de' Rossi.

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