Antonio Rolli or Roli (1643–1695) is an

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painter active painting quadrature during the

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period, mainly in his native

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Biography

He trained with

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and worked alongside his brother ''

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'' or ''Gioseffo Maria Rolli'' (1645-1727), who painted the figures. He painted the ceiling (1695) for the church of

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. 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

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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 {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub