Saverio Dalla Rosa (1 June 1741 – 7 December 1821) was an Italian painter, active mainly in

Verona Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Northern Italy, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and the ...

Biography

He was born in Verona, and trained there under

Giambettino Cignaroli Giambettino Cignaroli (Verona, July 4, 1706 – Verona, December 1, 1770) was an Italian painter of the Rococo and early Neoclassic period. Biography He was a pupil of Santo Prunato and Antonio Balestra and active mostly in the area of the ...

, his maternal uncle. He painted sacred subjects and portraits, including one of the young Mozart. He painted frescoes for the Casa Nicolini in Verona. He sent an ''Annunciation'' to the Catholic church in St Petersburg, Russia. He became a member of the

Accademia Clementina The Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna ("academy of fine arts of Bologna") is a public tertiary academy of fine art in Bologna, in Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy. It has a campus in Cesena. Giorgio Morandi taught engraving at the Accademia f ...

in Bologna. In 1806, he wrote a book titled ''Scuola veronese di pittura'', where he lists himself as professor of painting, member of the Accademia Clementina, Director of the Academy of painting, sculpture, in Verona. Monograph on Saverio dalla Rosa
curated by Giorgio Marini,Gianni Peretti, Ilaria Turri, Istituto Salesiano «San Zeno» Scuola Graca - Verona.

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