Niccolò Musso (active 1618) was an Italian painter of the

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

period. He was mostly active in his natal city of

Casale Monferrato Casale Monferrato () is a town in the Piedmont region of Italy, in the province of Alessandria. It is situated about east of Turin on the right bank of the Po, where the river runs at the foot of the Montferrat hills. Beyond the river lies the v ...

. He is said to have trained or worked under either

Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi (Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi) da Caravaggio, known as simply Caravaggio (, , ; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of hi ...

for ten years in Rome (

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) or by local tradition under the

Carracci The Carracci were a family of Italian artists. Notable members include: * Agostino Carracci (1557–1602), Italian painter and printmaker * Annibale Carracci (1560–1609), Italian Baroque painter and brother of Agostino Carracci * Ludovico Carra ...

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

(Lanzi). He painted for the church of St. Francis in Casale Monferato, representing that saint at the feet of Christ crucified, and angels partaking in his lamentations and devotions. The painting is now in the church of Sant’Ilario. He painted a self-portrait which is in the picture gallery of the Museo Civico at Casale. He is also called ''Niccolo Musso''.

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17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters People from Casale Monferrato Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub