Kaspar Anton von Baroni-Cavalcabo (1682 in

Sacco di Rovereto Rovereto (; "wood of sessile oaks"; locally: ''Roveredo'') is a city and ''comune'' in Trentino in northern Italy, located in the Vallagarina valley of the Adige River. History Rovereto was an ancient fortress town standing at the frontier be ...

– 1759 in Rovereto) or Gaspare Antonio Cavalcabò Baroni was an Italian painter in a late

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period and style. During the greater part of his life he lived in Sacco, where he died. Many of his drawings are in the Library at

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Biography

He initially studied with his cousin Giovanni Baroni, then moved to Verona to work under Antonio Balestra then after a spell in Venice, to Rome to work under Carlo Maratta. At the age of 26, after the death of his father, he returned to Rovereto, where he mainly painted religious canvases for the churches of Sacco, Trent, and Roveredo. Among his works are a ''San Francesco di Paola'' for the church of the Annuziata in Trento; paintings of '' Simon Stock'', ''Elias'' and ''Eliseo'' for the church of the Carmine in Rovereto, a ''Cenacolo'' for the church of Lauretana, frescoes for a church in

, and also for the Villa Lagarinea, where he painted the ''Stairway of Jacob''.

Filippo De Boni Filippo is an Italian male given name, which is the equivalent of the English name Philip, from the Greek ''Philippos'', meaning "amante dei cavalli".''Behind the Name''"Given Name Philip" Retrieved on 23 January 2016. The female variant is Fil ...

describes him as ''having all the defects of Balestra with none of the talents, yet has a fame of a good painter.''Emporeo biografico metodico, ovvero Biografia Universale
Volume 10, By Filippo De Boni, Page 202.

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