Francesco Rosaspina (2 January 1762 – 2 September 1841) was an Italian engraver and painter.

Biography

Rosaspina was born in

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, near

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. His father, Giovanni Battista, was a notary and a magistrate by profession. As an infant, his parents moved to

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

. His initial training in engraving was with

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. He emulated the style of

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, with dense crosshatching. He gained many commissions to engrave copies of local works of art. This led to a work titled ''The Gallery of Bologna'', with engravings by him, his brother and his pupils, of over a hundred of the paintings at the Pinacoteca. He was named a docent at the

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and became a friend of

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, and

Giuseppe Zauli Giuseppe Zauli (1763 – 1822) was an Italian painter and engraver. He trained at the Accademia Clementina of Bologna. He was a collaborator with Francesco Rosaspina and Felice Giani. He dedicated himself to the practice and teaching of engrav ...

.Scuola di Disegno Tommasso Minardi
"I maestri"
. Retrieved 9 July 2017 . His pupils include Pietro Tomba, Antonio Marchi, Spagnuoli, Luigi Martelli, L. Paradisi and Gaetano Guadagnini. The latter replaced him as professor at the Bolognese Academy. His daughter, Enrichetta Rosaspina, married his pupil Giuseppe Asioli; their son, Luigi Asioli, became a prominent painter.

Gallery

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) File:Teatro del Corso Bologna cropped.jpg, Teatro del Corso, Bologna (detail) File:Giuseppe Parini.jpg, Portrait of

Giuseppe Parini Giuseppe Parini (23 May 1729 – 15 August 1799) was an Italian enlightenment satirist and poet of the neoclassic period. Biography Parini (originally spelled Parino) was born in Bosisio (later renamed Bosisio Parini in his honour) in Brianza ...

(after Appiani)

References

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