Saverio Dalla Rosa

Saverio Dalla Rosa (Verona, 1741- December 7, 1821) was an Italian painter.

Mozart, aged 14, in Verona, 1770, by Saverio dalla Rosa (1745–1821)

Biography

He trained in Verona under Giambettino Cignaroli, his maternal uncle. He painted sacred subjects and portraits, including one of the young Mozart. He painted frescoes for the Casa Niccolini in Verona. He sent an Annuciation to the Catholic church in St Petersburg, Russia. he became a member of the Accademia Clementina in Bologna.

References

• Zannandreis, Diego (1891). Giuseppe Biadego, ed. Le vite dei pittori, scultori e architetti veronesi. Stabilimento Tipo-Litografico G. Franchini, Verona; Digitized by Googlebooks from University of California copy on Feb 22, 2007. pp. pages 490–492.