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Cosimo Rosselli (1439-1507)
Aliases: Cosimo "di" Filippo Rosselli; Cosimo "di" Lorenzo di Filippo Rosselli; Cosimo Roselli
Professions: Painter
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Cosimo Rosselli (Florence 1439-1507)
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Cosimo Rosselli , Florence 1439 - 1507 (?) Portrait of a Gentleman, said to be Francesco Datini tempera on panel, unframed
Cosimo Rosselli Biography
(b Florence, 1439; d Florence, ?7 Jan 1507). Painter. He was documented in Neri di Bicci’s workshop between May 1453 and October 1456; in 1459 he received his first known commission, for an altarpiece in Santa Trìnita, Florence (untraced). It is thought that he subsequently worked with Benozzo Gozzoli, whose influence is evident in his early work, but Cosimo was receptive to the styles of almost all his more gifted contemporaries, including Alesso Baldovinetti (said by Baldinucci to have been his master), Andrea del Verrocchio and the Pollaiuolo brothers. Cosimo’s first surviving works of importance are the frescoes in the style of Baldovinetti in the Salutati Chapel, Fiesole Cathedral, datable to between 1462 and 1466, but these are heavily restored. A better illustration of his early style is the St Barbara altarpiece (1468–9; Florence, Accad.) from the Flemish and German confraternity’s chapel in SS Annunziata, Florence; it has hard forms, incised outlines and stiff, slightly ungainly figures.
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