Giovanni Niccolò (also Giovanni Nicolao; Nola, 1560 – Macau, 16 March 1626) was a Jesuit Italian painter who in 1583 was sent to found a seminary of painting, named the Seminary of Painters, in Japan. This painter's name was Giovanni Colla. He has become known as Giovanni Niccolò, but this is an error.
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1560
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16 March 1626 (aged 65)
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