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Federico Cervelli, born in Milan around 1642 and died in Venice in 1696, was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He dedicated himself to both oil and fresco painting.
After completing his artistic training, he moved to Venice. Read the full biography

Federico Cervelli, born in Milan around 1642 and died in Venice in 1696, was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He dedicated himself to both oil and fresco painting.
After completing his artistic training, he moved to Venice. Thanks to his work with Pietro Ricchi, known as the Lucchese, and then with Pietro Liberi, he learned the treatment of colors, as demonstrated by his famous fresco "First Communion of San Luigi" in the apse of the church of Santa Maria della Salute in Este .
Federico Cervelli opened a workshop in Venice and, in 1671, took Sebastiano Ricci as his apprentice. His real fame came from his ability to teach painting. Although his early years are little known, his first documented and dated painting is the "Sacrifice of Noah" from 1678, preserved in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Bergamo. This painting, in the typical "Venetian style", combines naturalistic elements of Luca Giordano with the vitalist ideas of Sebastiano Mazzoni.
Federico Cervelli died in Venice in September 1696.