Giovan Francesco de Rossi
1796–1854 (age 58)
Biography
Giovan Francesco de Rossi was an Italian painter of the late eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries. Active during a period of significant artistic transition in Italy, he contributed to the visual culture of his time through his work in painting.
De Rossi's artistic legacy is preserved in the records of San Carlo ai Catinari in Rome, where he was laid to rest. His career spanned the Napoleonic era and the subsequent period of Italian restoration, witnessing profound changes in both art and society.