DE ROSSI, MATTIA. - Architect, b. in Rome on 14 Jan. 1637, d. there on 2 Aug. 1695; he worked with Bernini and accompanied him to France. On the commission of Clement IX he directed the execution of the Rospigliosi palace at Lamporecchio and of the church of the Scolopi at Monterano.

On Bernini's death he succeeded him in many offices, among them that of architect of St. Peter's; he alternated the teachings of the master with the study of Borromini's works, producing works conceived with solid and elegant decorative quality. Among others are remembered the design for the sepulchral monument of Clement X in St. Peter's, the facade of the church of St. Francis a Ripa, the rebuilding of St. Bonaventure de' Lucchesi in Rome, the cathedral of Valmontone, and the construction of numerous Roman palaces, among which notable for its anticipations of eighteenth-century taste is the Misciattelli palace at Piazza Venezia.

In France he also worked for the Louvre, bringing to completion some of Bernini's designs.

Bibliography

BIBL.: F. Neak-H. Ladendorf, s. v. in Thieme-Becker, XXIX, pp. 68-69, with ample bibl.

Fabia Borroni

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