Francesco Naselli was born at Ferrara

Ferrara

Ferrara is a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north...

, and flourished about the year 1610. When young, he studied the works of the Carracci

Annibale Carracci

Annibale Carracci was an Italian Baroque painter.-Early career:Annibale Carracci was born in Bologna, and in all likelihood first apprenticed within his family...

 and Guercino, which he copied with surprising success, but afterwards devoted himself to the manner of his countryman Giuseppe Mazzola. He was employed for several of the churches in Ferrara. In the cathedral

Ferrara Cathedral

Ferrara Cathedral is a basilica in Ferrara, Northern Italy, the largest religious edifice in the city...

 there is an altarpiece by him, representing the Nativity

Nativity of Jesus

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; in the church of Santa Maria de' Servi, a large picture of the Last Supper

Last Supper

The Last Supper is the final meal that, according to Christian belief, Jesus shared with his Twelve Apostles in Jerusalem before his crucifixion. The Last Supper provides the scriptural basis for the Eucharist, also known as "communion" or "the Lord's Supper".The First Epistle to the Corinthians is...

; and in the church of Santa Francesca, the Assumption of the Virgin.

Naselli died at Ferrara about 1630.

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