Francesco Ruschi was an Italian painter born in Rome around 1610.

He studied in Rome under Giuseppe Cesari (Cavalier d'Arpino), Francesco Albani and Pietro da Cortona.

He became a friend of the writer Giovan Francesco Loredan, for whom he drew the cover pages of several works.

[1][2] Ruschi was influenced by the paintings of Paolo Veronese in his academic and decorative interpretations.

These include Madonna and saints (1641) San Pietro di Castello, Venice; Madonna and saints (c. 1656) San Clemente, Venice; Repudiation of Hagar, Treviso Civic Museum;[1][3] Saint Ursula, Metropolitan Museum.