Giuseppe Orazio Capretti
Appearance
Giuseppe Orazio Capretti (1641 - 7 March 1725) was an Italian painter.
Biography
[edit]He was born in Almè in the Province of Bergamo. He moved to Rome in 1673 to pursue training. Returning to Lombardy, he painted mainly sacred subjects. He also painted for the church of San Francesco in Correggio. He died in the latter town.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Bigi, Quirino (1873). Notizie di Antonio Allegri, di Antonio Bartolotti suo maestro, e di altri pittori ed artisti Correggiesi [News of Antonio Allegri, of Antonio Bartolotti his teacher, and of other painters and artists from Correggio] (in Italian). Modena: Tipografia di Carlo Vinceryi. p. 121.