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Rocco Pozzi (died c. 1780), was an Italian painter and engraver of the Baroque period, active around 1750.
Rocco Pozzi (died c. 1780), was an Italian painter and engraver of the Baroque period, active around 1750.
Biography
He was the brother of Stefano Pozzi. He engraved several of the plates for the ''Museo Florentino'', and executed prints for the '' Antiquities of Herculaneum'' published inNaples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
. He became court engraver to the King of Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
, and died about 1780. His great-grandson who shares his name was the former commissioner of the Westchester County Department of Corrections in Westchester County, New York and is the current Westchester County Probation Commissioner.
Works
Pozzi drawings appear in a 1757 publication by Ottavio Antonio Bayardi.See also
* Camillo PaderniReferences
* 1700 births 1780 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian engravers Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub