Angelo Maria Rossi

Angelo Maria Rossi (also Pseudo-Fardella, or Pittore di Carlo Torre) was an Italian painter active in Lombardy in the 17th century whose identity and activity were only recently rediscovered. His work was previously grouped under the notname 'Pseudo-Fardella', as his work shows stylistic similarities with those by the Sicilian painter Giacomo Fardella di Calvello. In 1996, another notname was coined for Rossi: the 'Pittore di Carlo Torre' (painter of Carlo Torre) because on one of his still lifes painted around 1662 he had included a dedication to the well-known Milanese writer Carlo Torre (circa 1620–79).