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Fortunato Rocchi (Prato, March 14, 1822 – April 9, 1909) was an Italian painter, mainly of landscapes, and also an architect involved in local restorations.
He resided in Prato. In 1870, he contributed to the "Neo-Renaissance style" decoration of the Council hall of the Palazzo Pretorio in Prato. At an 1882 Prato exposition, and subsequently in Florence, he displayed Una veduta of the collina of the valle di Bisenzio and Autunno and L'autunno, Paese presso Prato). Encouraged by the success of these paintings, he sent the next year six paintings, three to the Exhibition of Turin and three to the Exposition in Florence; while at Turin he displayed il Mulino delle mogne, Castiglion di Pepoli, and La Via Erbosa presso Filettole, To the 1889 Exhibition of Fine Arts in Florence, he sent: Veduta sull'argine di Bisenzio and a plate painted in oil depicting Veduta sul fiume Bisenzio.
He served as an architect in restorations and in reconstructing the exterior of one of the walls of the Basilica Santa Maria delle Carceri in Prato. He also taught design at the local Cicognini College and the Magnolfi Orphanage.