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Felice Boselli (Piacenza, 20 April 1650 – Parma, 23 August 1732) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, known above all for still lifes of game. He was a painter active above all in Parma and in his hometown, where he studied and entered the world of painting under the guidance of Michelangelo Nuvolone, brother of the better-known Giuseppe. Read the full biography

Felice Boselli (Piacenza, 20 April 1650 – Parma, 23 August 1732) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, known above all for still lifes of game. He was a painter active above all in Parma and in his hometown, where he studied and entered the world of painting under the guidance of Michelangelo Nuvolone, brother of the better-known Giuseppe. It was in that workshop that he met Angelo Crivelli, (known as Crivellone), an animal rights activist specializing in game, who significantly influenced his style together with the Cremonese school, the Bergamo school of Baschenis, Bartolomeo Bettera, the Roman school of Michelangelo Cerquozzi, as well as the Flemish one. The other bases of his pictorial personality derived from the study and observation of regional and local still lifes, from Parmigianino as regards the figurations, from Annibale Carracci's Macelleria for the recurring themes and scenes. He subsequently moved to Parma where he married Barbara Draghi, with whom he had his son, Orazio (26 July 1673-1721), also a painter, active in the Parma cathedral in the early 18th century.