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Pier Maria Rossi or Pier Maria II de' Rossi (25 March 1413 – 1 September 1482) was an Italian condottiere and count of a region around present San Secondo Parmense. His properties included the castle of Rocca dei Rossi. He was known as "the Magnificent".
May 25, 2017 · Pier Maria Rossi, Count of San Secondo, Parma – Son, Soldier, Scholar and Lover. One of the first documented cases of a nobleman who actually embraced these rules and incorporated them into his life was that of Pier Maria Rossi.
Portrait of Pier Maria Rossi di San Secondo is a painting by the Italian Mannerist artist Parmigianino, executed around 1535–1539 and housed in the Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.
Educated as a young man in France and Florence, in 1527 Pier Maria Rossi (1504-1547), Seventh Count of San Secondo, was in the service of Clement VII but that same year entered the employment of Charles V.
year-old Pier Maria Rossi is represented as an idealized courtly warrior, youthful and fair-haired (fig. 1). This “bel signore” (as he was called by a court poet) deli-cately grasps the baton of command and sports two long swords at his side.10 En-closed in shining armor, the “beautiful lord” stands forcefully but gracefully, with
Magnifico Pier Maria Rossi's impressive Torrechiara Castle is one of the most important examples of Italian castle architecture and is considered one of Emilia-Romagna's most storybook fortresses.
Pier Maria de' Rossi. Born in: 1374 - Died in: 1438. Pietro de 'Rossi was an Italian nobleman, belonging to the Rossi family. Son of Bertrando and Eleonora Rossi, in 1396 he succeeded his father as count of San Secondo, Berceto and Corniglio.
