Niccolò Roselli

Marriage of the Virgin, Ferrara Cathedral

Niccolò Roselli (active 1556 in Ferrara – 1580) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period.

Biography

He was also active in Reggio-Emilia.[1] He painted for the Oratorio dell'Annunziata, Ferrara. Baruffaldi attributes to him, among others, the following works in Ferrara:[2]

• Purification of the Holy Mary, Church of Santa Maria Bianca
• St James the Major and portrait of the theologian Father Giovanmaria Verrati, Parish church of San Paolo Carmelitani
• St Leonard and other saints, choir of Church of San Leonardo
• Sant'Alo and Marriage of the Virgin; St Anne, Virgin, Jesus and St Basileus for facade of choir; organ shutters with St Anthony Abbot and Augustine; St Jerome over the entrance to the choir; and Virgin and Angels in the adjacent chapel, all in the church of Sant'Anna
• Ascension of Jesus in Confraternity del Cordone
• Dead Christ for Hospital of Santa Maria Novella
• St Lazarus for altar of the Holy Sacrament, in the church of San Giovanni Battista

References

1. Gli artisti italiani e stranieri negli stati estensi catalogo storico ... By Giuseppe Campori, pages 422.
2. Per le nozze Cesare e Giuseppina Levi: (Vita di Niccolo Roselli pittore;, 1851, by Girolamo Baruffaldi, edited posthumously by Girolamo Perreti.