Background
He was born in Sicily and pupil of Giuseppe Cesari in Rome, but soon also influenced by Caravaggio.
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Francesco Ragusa
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He is mentioned by Giovanni Baglione in his biographies. He painted a mannerist altarpiece depicting the Trinity and Saints Bonaventure and Carlo Borromeo for the church of Cappuccini a Colpersìto in San Severino Marche. He also painted a Mystical Marriage of Street Catherine with Street Charles Borromeo (1618) for the Diocese of Spoleto.
He painted a Coronation of the Virgin and Street Michael Archagel (1651) for the Olivetan church of the Santissimi Trinità in Giuliana.
Most of Ragusa"s Roman paintings were lost, except the Portrait of Gaspare Celio (circa 1640), which was inserted in his funeral monument at Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome.
