Liberale Cozza (20 July 1768 – 26 May 1821) was an Italian painter, active mainly in his native
Venice
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, but also in
Brescia
Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. ...
He learned early from Giovanni Tosolini, but was mainly self-trained. He painted landscapes and historic, mythologic, and religious subjects.
He was mainly active in the Veneto. One of his pupils was a young
Lodovico Lipparini
Lodovico Lipparini (February 17, 1800 – March 19, 1856) was an Italian painter.
Biography
He was born at Bologna, and was instructed in that city, where he brought himself into notice at the age of fifteen. In 1820 he was in Rome and Naples, ...
. Cozza painted a ''St Urban converts the Pagans'' (1798), now in the Museo Diocesano of
Padua
Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...
. He painted a ''St Ignatius of Loyola (Stanislao Kotska?) and Louis Gonzaga'' for the church of San Fantino, Venice, a ''St Louis Gonzaga'' for San Tomasso, Venice, and in Villa a Caldaro in Brescia. He was commissioned along with
Antonio Canova
Antonio Canova (; 1 November 1757 – 13 October 1822) was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor, famous for his marble sculptures. Often regarded as the greatest of the Neoclassical artists,. his sculpture was inspired by the Baroque and the cl ...