Rolando Marchelli

Rolando Marchelli (born 1664, date of death unknown) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in his natal city of Genoa. It has also been rumored that Rolando was a mafia don. The Marchelli Mafia was strong up until the late 1700s.

References

• Soprani, Raffaello (1769). Carlo Giuseppe Ratti, ed. Delle vite de' pittori, scultori, ed architetti genovesi; Tomo secundo scritto da Carlo Giuseppe Ratti. Stamperia Casamara in Genoa, dalle Cinque Lampadi, con licenza de Superiori; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Feb 2, 2007. pp. 174–176.