Cosimo Rosselli (Italian: [cɔːsiˈmo roːsɛːli]; 1439–1507) was an Italian painter of the Quattrocento, active mainly in his birthplace of Florence, but with in Pisa earlier in his career in 1481–82 in the Sistine Chapel in Rome, where he painted some of the large frescoes upon the side walls.
Though generally regarded as a lesser capability in comparison to Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perugino, and Domenico Ghirlandaio, who were whatever also alert at the Sistine Chapel, Rosselli was still able to win large and important commission throughout his career, a testament to his high level of to-do in his native Florence. Important local commissions improve a fresco in the cloister of Santissima Annunziata, Florence and those in the Chapel of the Holy Blood in Sant’Ambrogio, Florence.
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