Camillo Capelli, also called Camillo Mantovano, (active 16th century) was an

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painter of the

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period in northern Italy, including

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and

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Biography

His father, a painter, was putatively born in

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. The birth date is unknown, but he was likely born in

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. In addition to his father, he appears to have worked under Francesco Genga the Elder, and worked under the patronage of Isabella Gonzaga in Mantua. In the 1530s, under the guidance of Genga, Camillo was one of the painters, along with

Francesco Menzocchi Francesco Menzocchi (1502–1574) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance and Mannerist period. He was born in Forlì, belonged to the Forlì painting school and was active mainly in Forlì and Pesaro. Menzocchi was also called ''il Vecc ...

and

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to decorate with landscape and floral decoration the

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. The exact fresco is not defined, but this work was notable by

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. Probably in 1539, along with Menzocchi, as well as Giuseppe and Francesco Salviati, he moved to Venice, where he helped decorate the

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. According to Vasari, he painted the floral wall decorations. In 1547, his sister married in Venice the engraver

Niccolò Boldrini Niccolò Boldrini (c.1500–c.1566) was an Italian engraver of the Renaissance. He was frequently confused with Nicola Vicentino. Boldrini was an engraver on wood, born at Vicenza in the early 16th century, and still living in 1566. His prints a ...

. Camillo died in Venice on 13 October 1568.Treccani encyclopedia, (1975) by EE Safarik.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Capelli Camillo Year of birth unknown 1568 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Renaissance painters Painters from Mantua