Cristoforo Rosa

Cristoforo Rosa (died 1576) was an Italian painter of quadratura painter of the Renaissance period.

Born in Brescia, but painted in 1569, along with his brother Stefano, the entry ceilings for the Library of St. Mark's in Venice. He died during the plague in Brescia. Cristoforo's son, Pietro, became a pupil of Titian.

References

• Federico Nicoli Cristiani (1807). Della Vita delle pitture di Lattanzio Gambara; Memorie Storiche aggiuntevi brevi notizie intorno a' più celebri ed eccelenti pittori Bresciani. Spinelli e Valgiti, Brescia. pp. pages 181–182. http://books.google.com/books?id=FF0GAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP11&dq=Federico+Nicoli+Cristiani. 

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Name	Rosa, Cristoforo
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Date of death	1569
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