Benedetto Velli was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born in

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico ...

, and flourished in the 17th century. He painted an ''Ascension'' for the cathedral at

Pistoia Pistoia (, is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a t ...

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* 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Florence Italian Baroque painters Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub