Cosimo Ulivelli (1625–1704)

• He was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence.

• Cosimo Ulivelli was originally from the city of Pisa.

• He was taught by Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano. 

• Ulivelli seems to have enjoyed a considerable reputation during his long life, and decorated vaults and ceiling which can still be seen in many Florentine churches and palazzi.

• He painted frescoes along the top of the wall of the nave of the church the Santissima Annunziata in Florence. 

• Together with Jacopo Chiavistelli and Agnolo Gori, Ulivelli frescoed the bays of the third corridor of the Uffizi Gallery with a pictorial cycle designed to celebrate illustrious Florentine men and institutions.

• The artist is also known to have painted cartoons for tapestries. 

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