Ludovico Caracciolo (1761 in Rome – 1842) was an Italian landscapist and engraver. He became a protege of

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, the second wife of

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, who moved to Rome after she was widowed in 1811. He published a full set of print reproductions after

Claude Lorrain Claude Lorrain (; born Claude Gellée , called ''le Lorrain'' in French; traditionally just Claude in English; c. 1600 – 23 November 1682) was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher of the Baroque era. He spent most of his life in It ...

's ''

Liber Veritatis The ''Liber Veritatis'', meaning ''Book of Truth'' in Latin, is a book of drawings recording his completed paintings made by Claude Lorrain, known in English as "Claude". Claude was a landscape painter in Rome, who began keeping this record in ...

'' in Rome in 1815. His specialism was architectural drawings and panoramas of Rome, including an 1824 oil on canvas that is now in the collection of the

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– he also adapted that work as a six-print aquatint in 1831.

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Italian engravers Italian landscape painters 1761 births 1842 deaths {{Italy-engraver-stub