Mariano Rossi

Mariano Rossi (7 December 1731 - 24 October 1807) was an Italian painter, persisting in what had become an anachronistic Rococo style amid an ascendant neoclassical environment.

His placement legions of figures in a complex scenography and quadrature recalls the work of Pietro da Cortona.

During 1775-1779, he painted a large ceiling fresco depicting Marcus Furius Camillus Fighting Brennus and his Gauls, while Romulus Entreats Jupiter to Help Rome.

Other contemporary painters active in the Villa were Laurent Pecheux and Domenico de Angelis.

Works by Rossi were made for: Giuseppe Vento, Elogio biografico di Mariano Bossi (Palermo 1864).

Ceiling fresco depicting Camillus in battle while Romulus pleads with Jove , located in room of Villa Borghese
Cupola of Palermo Cathedral
Martyrdom of St Agatha , Catania
Study for Saint during a Plague