Giovanni Rocca (20 October 1788 – 1858) was an Italian engraver.

Biography

Angelo Mazza was born in

Reggio Emilia Reggio nell'Emilia ( egl, Rèz; la, Regium Lepidi), usually referred to as Reggio Emilia, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, and known until 1861 as Reggio di Lombardia, is a city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has abou ...

the son of Luigi Rocca, a Count, a title Giovanni inherited. His mother, Donna Francesca Saporiti, was from an aristocratic Genoese family. After a classical education, he traveled to Bologna to study design under Francesco Rosaspina, where he learned wood engraving. In 1816, the Duke of Modena named him professor of engraving at the newly formed Scole di Belle Arti in Reggio. Among his pupils were

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, Pelli, Canossini, Bosi, Francesco Segnani, Belloli, and others. He gained the official position as Chamberlain to the Duke. Among his engravings are:Memorie storiche dei Reggiani più illustri nelle scienze, nelle lettere, e nelle Arti
by Enrico Manzini; Tipografia Degani e Gasparini, Reggio Emilia (1878); pages 421-425. #Three landscapes (1806). #Map of Reggio and Surroundings (1807), in ''Memorie idrauliche per Dipartimenti del Crostolo'', by Lodovico Bolognini. Tip. Torreggiani, 1808. #''Il Redentore'' (1811). #Scenic designs by

Francesco Fontanesi Francesco Fontanesi (October 4, 1751 – 1795) was an Italian painter and scenic designer of the Neoclassical style, active mainly in Reggio Emilia and Parma. Biography He was born in Reggio Emilia to supportive parents, who fostered a broad cla ...

. (1812-1813

#Frontispiece for ''Dialogo Il Linceo'', by Galileo Galilei, (1817) Copy of engraving by Stefano della Bella. #''La Beata Virgene della Ghiara of Reggio'', (1817) based on painting by

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. #Portrait of Priest F. Lodovico Iabalot, famous sermon orator, 1818. #''Innocence'' based on painting by

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. #Portrait of

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originally by B. Benvenuti in ''Memorie e lettere inedite finora o disperse di Galileo Galilei'', ed. GB Venturi. Modena, 1818. Vol. I. #Three paintings by A. Ostade. #Portrait of the Poet

Angelo Mazza Angelo is an Italian masculine given name and surname meaning "angel", or "messenger". People People with the given name *Angelo Accattino (born 1966), Italian prelate of the Catholic Church *Angelo Acciaioli (bishop) (1298–1357), Italian Rom ...

of Parma. For his book of poetry. #Portrait of the painter

of Reggio, original painting by Giovanni Delera. #Portrait of Cardinal Pighini and Toschi; Doctor G. Garofoli; and Abbot B. Corti, for ''Storia di Scandiano'' by GB Venturi. Modena, 1822. #Portrait of Archduchess Maria Luisa of Austria (1827).

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1788 births 1858 deaths Italian engravers People from Reggio Emilia {{Italy-engraver-stub