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ROSSELLI, COSIMO (1439—c. 1507)

ROSSELLI, COSIMO (1439—c. 1507) , Florentine painter, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1439. At the See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of fourteen he became a See also:

PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil of See also:

NERI, PHILIP (FILIppo DE) (1515-1595)

Neri di Bicci, and in 146o he worked as assistant to his See also:

cousin Bernardo di Stefano Rosselli. The first See also:

WORK

work of Cosimo mentioned by See also:

VASARI, GIORGIO (1511-1571)

Vasari exists in S. Ambrogio, in See also:

Florence, over the third See also:

ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar on the See also:

LEFT

left. It is an " See also:

ASSUMPTION, FEAST OF

Assumption of the Virgin," a youthful and feeble work. In the same See also:

church, on the See also:

wall of one of the chapels, is a See also:

FRESCO (Ital. for cool, " fresh ")

fresco by Cosimo which Vasari praises highly, especially for a portrait of the See also:

young See also:

SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar See also:

PICO

Pico of See also:

MIRANDOLA

Mirandola. The See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene, a procession bearing a See also:

MIRACLE (Lat. miraculum, from mirari, to wonder)

miracle-working See also:

CHALICE (through a central O. Fr. form of the Lat. calix, calicis, cup)

chalice, is painted with much vigour and less mannerism than most of this artist's work. A picture painted by Rosselli for the church of the Annunziata, with figures of SS. See also:

BARBARA, SAINT

Barbara, See also:

Matthew and the Baptist, is in the See also:

Academy of Florence. Rosselli also spent some See also:

time in See also:

Lucca, where he painted several altar-pieces for various churches. A picture attributed to him, taken from the church of S.

See also:

GIROLAMO (1450-1486)

Girolamo at See also:

FIESOLE (anc. Faesulae, q.v.)

Fiesole, is now in the See also:

NATIONAL

National See also:

GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

Gallery of See also:

LONDON

London. It is a large See also:

RETABLE (Fr. retable, a shortened form derived from Med. Lat. retrotabulum)

retable, with, in the centre, St See also:

Jerome in the See also:

WILDERNESS

wilderness kneeling before a crucifix, and at the sides See also:

STANDING

standing figures of St See also:

DAMASUS

Damasus and St See also:

Eusebius, St See also:

PAOLO (GIROLAMO GASPARE)5 (1532-1600)

Paolo and St Eustachia; below is a See also:

PREDELLA

predella with small subjects. Though dry and hard in treatment, the figures are designed with much dignity. The See also:

Berlin Gallery possesses three pictures by Rosselli: "The Virgin in See also:

GLORY (through the O. Fr. glorie, modern gloire, from Lat. gloria, cognate with Gr. KXebs, abets)

Glory," "The Entombment of See also:

Christ," and " The See also:

MASSACRE

Massacre of the Innocents." In 148o Rosselli, together with the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief painters of Florence, was invited by See also:

SIXTUS

Sixtus IV. to See also:

Rome to assist in the See also:

PAINTING

painting of the frescoes in the Sistine See also:

CHAPEL

Chapel. Three of these were executed by him—" The Destruction of See also:

PHARAOH (Par'oh)

Pharaoh's See also:

Army in the Red See also:

Sea," " Christ See also:

PREACHING (Fr. preecher, from Lat. praedicare, to proclaim)

Preaching by the See also:

Lake of See also:

TIBERIAS

Tiberias," and " The Last Supper." The last of these is well preserved, but is a mediocre work. Vasari's See also:

story about the See also:

pope admiring Rosselli's paintings more than those of his abler See also:

BROTHER

brother painters has probably little See also:

FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation. Rosselli's Sistine frescoes were partly painted by his assistant See also:

PIERO (1443—1496)

Piero di Cosimo, who was so called after Cosimo Rosselli. His chief pupil was Fra Bartolommeo. According to Vasari, Rosselli died in 1484, but this is a See also:

MISTAKE (i.e. take amiss)

mistake, as his will exists dated 25th of See also:

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1506 (see Gaye, See also:

CAR (Late Lat. carra)

Car. See also:

TINED

tined. ii. 457 n.). For an See also:

account of Rosselli's Sistine frescoes, see Platner and See also:

Bunsen, Beschreibung der Stadt Rom, ii. pt. i.; and Rumohr, Italien. Forschungen, ii.

265.

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