About Cristoforo Rosa
Lived 1520 – 1576 (aged 55–56). Cristoforo Rosa was a painter.
Cristoforo Rosa (?? in Brescia – 1576 in Brescia) was an Italian painter of quadratura (illusionistic ceiling painting) of the Renaissance period.
In 1569, with his brother Stefano, Rosa painted the entry ceilings for the Library of St. Mark's in Venice. He died during the plague in Brescia.
Rosa's son, Pietro, became a pupil of Titian.
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Who was Cristoforo Rosa?
Italian painter (1520-1576)
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Cristoforo Rosa was born in 1520 in Brescia.
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Cristoforo Rosa died in 1576 in Brescia.
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Cristoforo Rosa was a painter.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Cristoforo Rosa. https://biography.guide/cristoforo-rosa/
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