Stefano Pozzi (Italian, 1699–1768)

NovStefano Pozzi was born on November 9, 1699, and died on June 11, 1768.¹

Stefano Pozzi jointly created the allegorical frontispiece for Francesco Bianchini's astronomical work, published in 1728.¹

Stefano Pozzi was admitted to the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi al Pantheon in 1732.¹

Stefano Pozzi was admitted to the Accademia di San Luca in Rome in 1736.¹

Stefano Pozzi served as Regent of the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi al Pantheon in 1739.¹

Stefano Pozzi painted a Death of St Joseph for the third chapel of the Church of Santissimo Nome di Maria in 1742.¹

In 1744, Stefano Pozzi was summoned to Naples by Cardinal Giuseppe Spinelli to decorate the apse of the Cathedral.¹

Stefano Pozzi frescoed the vault of the church of Sant'Apollinare alle Terme, which was rededicated in 1748.¹