20949 Pietro de Rossi (1761 - 1831)

Portrett av grevinne Olga Alexandrovna Orlova, 1825.

Pietro de Rossi (1761 - 1831)

Signert nederst til høyre.: P.d. Rossi f. 1825.

Pietro de Rossi (circa 1761-1831 Saint Petersburg)

Born perhaps in Russia to parents of Italian origin, between 1761 and 1765, Pietro de Rossi spent his entire career in Saint Petersburg. Around 1800, he became the appointed miniaturist of the Russian aristocracy and the imperial court. Having received the title of miniature painter from His Majesty’s Cabinet, he became a professor of miniature painting at the Imperial Academy in 1813. Francesco Vendramini and Igor Skotnikov engraved many of his small portraits. He is credited with a portrait of Count Stroganov; dated 1815 (sold Christie’s London, 27 November 2007, lot 190). His 1813 self-portrait is kept at the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.