Giovanni Felice Ramelli

In 1717, he was called to Rome, where he was made by Pope Clement XI Albani, as abbot in perpetuity of the Augustinian St John Lateran.

In Rome, he was in contact with many of the premier artists of Italy including Trevisani, Balestra, Maratta, Nicolas Vleughels, and Antonio Maria Zanetti.

Due his role in the Vatican library and to his proximity to the Pope, Ramelli was able to arrange a commission from Daniel Seiter to engrave in copper plates the famed Byzantine Menologion of Basil II.

In 1739, Abbot Ramelli commissioned Subleyras' canvas depicting Christ in the House of Simon for the church of Santa Maria Nuova in Asti.

In the Gallery of Bologna, there are miniatures of Guido Reni, Lorenzo Pasinelli, Giovanni Gioseffo Dal Sole; while in Dresden is a female portrait.