Niccolò Tornioli was an Italian painter. He was born in

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in 1598 and still lived in Rome from 1633. In the 1640s he worked for

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and his brother Virgilio Spada. Most of his preserved paintings are today in

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in Rome. He painted for the Spada Chapel in the church of San Paolo in Bologna a ''Cain Slaying Abel'' and a ''Jacob Wrestling with the Angel''.

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