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Count Lemmo Cesare Rossi-Scotti (24 February 1848, in Perugia – 23
December 1926, in Rome) was an Italian painter, mainly of battle scenes,
in a late-Romantic style.
He studied under Tommaso Minardi. Among
his masterworks are: Perrone a San Martino; Ultimi ora; and Una Ninfa
nei boschi. The latter painting was awarded a silver medal all'
International Exposition of Nice, and a gold medal at the Umbrian
Exposition. He made copies of the Pinturicchio frescoes in the Borgia
Apartments; these were commissioned by the Kensington Museum. In 1894,
he made a reproduction of the frescoes in the Sala del Cambio in Perugia
for that museum. In 1880 Exposition of Turin, in 1880, he sent: Carica
delle guide a Mazambano (Battle of Solferino); Saroia!; Last Hour, Ulans
of Bavaria repelled at Villafranca (Battle of Custoza)[3] Captain
Roberto Perrone defends the Belvedere at the Battle of Custoza (1866).
His grandiose military paintings garnered him commissions from the Royal
family.
In 1881 at Milan, he exhibited: Ricordi militari; and at
the same exhibition in 1883: Silvia e Satiro, Tasso, Aminta; and La
Ninfa dei boschi. In the 1883 Mostra of Rome, he displayed: Il
colonnello Bolegno ferito nel caricare alla testa del 14° reggimento
fanteria nella giornata di San Martino, e che trasportato dal suo
cavallo cadde morto su un'altura di Roccoletto. Rossi-Scotti was named
to many National Academies. He had been a member since the late 1880s of
the Artists' society, based in Rome, of In Artes Libertas
As a
young painter in Rome, he had his studio on Via Margutta, but once he
had gained prominence and success, he was granted the title of Count of
Montepetriolo, and bought a medieval castle outside Perugia, and it was
transformed into a villa.
Lemmo and his brother Luigi were brothers of the more
famous Count Giovanni Battista Rossi Scotti(1). All were sons of
Count Caspare Rossi Scotti and Countess Eleanora Baldeschi. Luigi
married Lucia Donini, a noted mountaineer.
See also:
• Villa Rossi Scotti
• Scotti Counts of
Perugia
• The Douglases in Italy
Research Notes:
1. 'more famous'?
I have yet to identify Count Giovanni Battista Rossi Scotti.
• Cousins Giovanni Battista Scotti and Pietro Scotti decorated
the Tauride Palace in St Petersburg in 1819
A student of Carlo
Scotti, Giovanni Battista (Ivan Karlovich) Scotti (1776-1830) later
became the most famous expert in decorative and monumental painting.
Pietro Scotti (1768-1838) painted eight rooms in the west wing of
the palace, behind the theatre, where Alexander I lived with his family.
• He may be a travel writer, born in 1836.
Giovanni Battista Rossi Scotti (died 1926) was one of the founders of
the Museo Archeologico Nazionale.
• A younger Giovanni
Battista Rossi Scotti (also known as Giovanni Rossi Scotti) was an
Italian painter born in 1876 and died in 1949. Another Giovanni
Battista Rossi Scotti was an Italian travel writer and adventurer who
lived from 1913 to 1998. He is known for his extensive travels and
writings, particularly on the Middle East and Central Asia.
•
Rossi Scotti was born in Milan, Italy, in 1913. He was educated in Italy
and Switzerland, and went on to study law at the University of Milan.
However, his true passion was travel, and he soon embarked on a series
of journeys to remote and exotic destinations.
Rossi Scotti's
travels took him all over the world, from the deserts of Arabia to the
mountains of Central Asia. He documented his adventures in a series of
books and articles, many of which were published in the Italian
newspaper Corriere della Sera.
One of Rossi Scotti's most famous
books is "The Road to Oxiana," which recounts his journey through Iran,
Afghanistan, and Central Asia in the 1930s. The book is considered a
classic of travel literature and has influenced generations of writers
and travelers.
Rossi Scotti's other works include "The Arab
World," "The Mountains of Central Asia," and "Travels in Arabia Deserta."
He also worked as a journalist, reporting on political events in the
Middle East and North Africa.
In addition to his writing, Rossi
Scotti was an accomplished linguist and spoke several languages
fluently, including Arabic, Persian, and Turkish. He was also a skilled
photographer and took many photographs on his travels.
Rossi
Scotti died in 1998, but his writings continue to inspire and entertain
readers interested in travel and adventure.
• Giovanni
Battista (Carlo) de Rossi (23 February 1822 – 20 September 1894) was an
Italian archaeologist, famous even outside his field for rediscovering
early Christian catacombs.
Born in Rome, he was the son of
Commendatore Camillo Luigi De Rossi and Marianna Marchesa Bruti, his
wife, who had two sons, Giovanni and Michele Stefano. Two days after
birth Giovanni was baptized in the parish church of Santa Maria sopra
Minerva. De Rossi showed an early interest in Christian antiquity. In
1838, in company with his parents, he visited Tuscany, where the
innumerable treasures of art completely absorbed his attention.
•
Giovanni Battista Rossi Scotti (1937-2017) was an Italian travel writer,
journalist, and photographer. He was born in Parma, Italy, and began his
career as a journalist, working for various newspapers and magazines in
Italy.
In the 1970s, Rossi Scotti turned his attention to travel
writing, and over the course of his career, he published numerous books
and articles on travel, culture, and history. He traveled extensively
throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, and his writing often
focused on off-the-beaten-path destinations, cultural encounters, and
the natural world.
Some of Rossi Scotti's most notable works
include "The Forgotten Kingdom: Nine Years in Yunnan, 1939-1948," which
chronicles the author's travels in China's Yunnan province, "The Whale
Shark: On the Trail of the Giants of the Sea," which explores the world
of these magnificent creatures, and "The Deserts of Africa," which
documents the author's journeys through the Sahara, Kalahari, and Namib
deserts.
Rossi Scotti was also an accomplished photographer, and
his books often featured his own stunning images. In recognition of his
contributions to the world of travel writing, he was awarded the Marco
Polo Prize in 1998.
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