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| Cristoforo Roncalli Heraldic Emblem ca. 1605-1615 fresco Basilica della Santa Casa di Loreto |
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| Cristoforo Roncalli Emblem of the Universal Church ca. 1605-1615 fresco Basilica della Santa Casa di Loreto |
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| Cristoforo Roncalli Assumption of the Virgin ca. 1605-1615 fresco Basilica della Santa Casa di Loreto |
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| Cristoforo Roncalli Coronation of the Virgin ca. 1605-1615 fresco Basilica della Santa Casa di Loreto |
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| Cristoforo Roncalli Virgin and Child in Glory ca. 1605-1615 fresco Basilica della Santa Casa di Loreto |
"Little is known of Cristoforo Roncalli's artistic training. Known as Il Pomarancio after his birthplace of Pomarance, he is first documented working in Siena between 1576 and 1579. During this period he painted an altarpiece for the Duomo and collaborated on the decoration of a family palazzo, and also received a commission for an altarpiece intended for the church of SS. Apostoli in Florence. Roncalli then settled in Rome, where he is recorded by 1582, and was active there for the remainder of his career. He was associated with a circle of artists active in the city that included his compatriot Niccolò Circignani (confusingly also known as Il Pomarancio) as well as Cavaliere d'Arpino, Cesare Nebbia and Paris Nogari. Roncalli received numerous public and private commissions and was admitted to the Accademia di San Luca in 1588. He earned a reputation as an ecclesiastic mural painter of the first rank, gaining the patronage of such Roman families as the Crescenzi, Mattei and Giustiniani, and working in the churches of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, San Giovanni Decollato, Santa Maria in Vallicella and San Silvestro in Capite in Rome. Between 1599 and 1604 he supervised the decoration of the Cappella Clementina in St. Peter's for Pope Clement VIII, and also worked for the Pope on the decoration of the transept of San Giovanni in Laterano. Around 1607 Roncalli was named a cavaliere di christo by Pope Paul V, shortly after receiving the most significant commission of his career – the fresco decoration of the sacristy and cupola of the Basilica of the Santa Casa at Loreto, on which he worked between 1605 and 1615. On his return to Rome, Roncalli spent the last decade of his career working on more modest commissions."
– from biographical notes published by Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London
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| Cristoforo Roncalli and workshop Ornamental Frescoes ca. 1590-1600 Sala del Tempesta Appartamento della Principessa Isabelle Palazzo Colonna, Rome |
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| Cristoforo Roncalli and workshop Ornamental Frescoes ca. 1590-1600 Sala del Tempesta Appartamento della Principessa Isabelle Palazzo Colonna, Rome |
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| Cristoforo Roncalli and workshop Ornamental Frescoes ca. 1590-1600 Sala dell' Alcova Appartamento della Principessa Isabelle Palazzo Colonna, Rome |
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| Cristoforo Roncalli and workshop Ornamental Frescoes ca. 1590-1600 Sala dell' Alcova Appartamento della Principessa Isabelle Palazzo Colonna, Rome |
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| Cristoforo Roncalli and workshop Ornamental Frescoes ca. 1590-1600 Sala dell' Alcova Appartamento della Principessa Isabelle Palazzo Colonna, Rome |
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| Cristoforo Roncalli and workshop Ornamental Frescoes ca. 1590-1600 Sala dell' Alcova Appartamento della Principessa Isabelle Palazzo Colonna, Rome |
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| Cristoforo Roncalli and workshop Ornamental Frescoes ca. 1590-1600 Sala dell' Alcova Appartamento della Principessa Isabelle Palazzo Colonna, Rome |
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| Cristoforo Roncalli and workshop Ornamental Frescoes ca. 1590-1600 Sala del Dughet Appartamento della Principessa Isabelle Palazzo Colonna, Rome |
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| Cristoforo Roncalli and workshop Ornamental Frescoes ca. 1590-1600 Sala del Dughet Appartamento della Principessa Isabelle Palazzo Colonna, Rome |
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| Cristoforo Roncalli and workshop Ornamental Frescoes ca. 1590-1600 Sala del Dughet Appartamento della Principessa Isabelle Palazzo Colonna, Rome |