Valentino Rovisi

Born to a comfortable merchant of wood in the Trentine vallies, he trained with a variety of local masters including Martino Gabrielli, but by the age of 12 years, he was sent to apprentice in Venice.

In 1773, he painted the nave ceiling, depicting the Ascension of Christ; and for the apse, the Fall of Simon Magus and Conversion of St Paul on the road to Damascus.

For the sacristy of the church of Santi Pietro e Paolo in Roncegno, he painted an Adoration by the Shepherds and Samaritan at the Well.

He painted a series of frescoes in the nave of the church of Santa Maria Assunta in Cavedine, depicting the Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes, the Four Evangelists, the Coronation of the Virgin, the Four Fathers of the Church, and the Martyrdom of St Stephen and Lawrence.

[3][4] Rovisi also painted numerous commissions for private houses, often votive facade frescoes and Via Crucis depictions for the churches of San Giovanni Battista in Canale d'Agordo, Santi Pietro e Paolo in Varena,[5] San Vigilio in Moena,[6] and the parish church of Torcegno,[7] work completed in 1775 with daughter.