Antonio Rolli or Roli (1643–1695) is an
Italian
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painter active painting quadrature during the
Baroque
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period, mainly in his native
Bologna
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.
Biography
He trained with
Angelo Michele Colonna and worked alongside his brother ''
Giuseppe
Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph,
from Latin Josephus, Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף.
The feminine form of the name is Giuseppa or Giuseppina (given name), Giuseppina.
People wit ...
'' or ''Gioseffo Maria Rolli'' (1645-1727), who painted the figures. He painted the ceiling (1695) for the church of
San Paolo Maggiore, Bologna
San Paolo Maggiore, also known as San Paolo Decollato, is a Baroque architecture, Baroque-style, Roman Catholic basilica church located on Via Carbonari #18 in Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
History
The church was commissioned between ...
. He died from a fall from a scaffold while completing this work. Paolo Guidi and his brother Gioseffo (or Giuseppe) helped complete the work. He helped decorate the oratory of
Santa Maria della Neve, Bologna.
Giuseppe Antonio Caccioli trained with the Rolli brothers.
He is said to have died by jumping off a bridge near the church of
San Paolo de' Barnabiti.
Annali della città di Bologna dalle sua origine al 1796
by Salvatore Muzzi; Bologna, 1846, Volume 8, page 744.
References
1643 births
1695 deaths
17th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Painters from Bologna
Italian Baroque painters
Quadratura painters
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