Domenico Caprioli (1494–1528) was an Italian painter born at
Treviso
Treviso ( , ; vec, Trevixo) is a city and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 84,669 inhabitants (as of September 2017). Some 3,000 live within the Veneti ...
in 1494. He produced portraits in the style of
Giorgione.
Life
Caprioli was the son-in-law and pupil of
Pier Maria Pennacchi
Pier Maria Pennacchi (1464 – before 1515) was an Italian Renaissance painter primarily active in Treviso. His one documented work is a fresco of ''Christ'' for a chapel in the Treviso cathedral. In Venice, the ceiling of the church of Santa Mar ...
and arose to prominence in the early 16th Century during the
High Renaissance. In addition to portrait works, he painted numerous altarpieces. He was murdered at the age of 34 by his wife's stepfather, allegedly following a years-long dispute over her dowry.
Several portraits attributed to him survive today, some of which are on display at the
Hermitage,
Bowes, and
Gemäldegalerie museums.
Gallery
References
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1494 births
1528 deaths
People from Treviso
15th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
16th-century Italian painters
Painters from Venice
Italian Renaissance painters
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