Giovanni Stefano Marucelli (1586 – c. 1646) was an Italian painter and architect of the

Baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...

period, active in

Tuscany Tuscany ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of 3,660,834 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital city is Florence. Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its in ...

, including

Florence Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025. Florence ...

and

Pisa Pisa ( ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Tuscany, Central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for the Leaning Tow ...

. His name is also written as Maruscelli, Maruscielli, or Marscelli. Born in Florence, around 1600 he became a pupil of

Andrea Boscoli Andrea Boscoli (c. 1560 – c. 1606) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance. He was born in Florence, where he trained under Santi di Tito. He painted a ''Sermon of St John the Baptist'' for the church of San Giovanni Battista belonging to t ...

in Pisa. His masterpiece is the ''Abraham and the angels'' (1628) in the apse of the

Duomo di Pisa Pisa Cathedral (), officially the Primatial Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary (), is a medieval Catholic Church, Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, in the Piazza dei Miracoli in Pisa, Italy, the oldes ...

. He also painted an ''Ascencion'' for the church of the Sacrament in

Pistoia Pistoia (; ) is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about north-west of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a typic ...

; ''San Carlo Borromeo before a crucifix'' in the first altar to the right of the church of San Torpe, Pisa; a ''Coronation of the Virgin'' in the left chapel of the church of

San Nicola, Pisa San Nicola is a church in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. Church San Nicola is mentioned for the first time, together with the annexed convent, in 1097. In 1297–1313 the Augustinians enlarged it, perhaps under design by Giovanni Pisano (eastern side). ...

; ''St. George and St. Francis in adoration'' for the church of Santi Quirico e Giulitta in Lugnano; ''Madonna del Carmelo with the Bambino and Saints Catherine, Peter & Dominic'' and a ''Madonna with child and four saints'' in the church of the Santissima Annunziata in

Uliveto Terme Uliveto Terme is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Vicopisano, province of Pisa. At the time of the 2001 census its population was 1,183.San Leone, Pistoia San Leone, once called the oratory or church of Santo Spirito, is a small Baroque-style Roman Catholic church located adjacent to the Vivarelli Colonna (now provincial offices) in Pistoia, region of Tuscany, Italy. In 2017, restoration of the Bar ...

. As an architect, he helped reconstruct the

Palazzo dell'Orologio A palace is a large residence, often serving as a royal residence or the home for a head of state or another high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word is derived from the Latin name palātium, for Palatine Hill in Rome whi ...

in Pisa.

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* 1586 births 1640s deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Painters from Florence Italian Baroque painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub