Marco Caricchia (circa 1756 – after 1797) was an Italian painter of the late-

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period, active mainly in Southern Italy and Rome. He was active mainly in portraits and manuscript illumination.

Life

He was born in Arpino, trained in Rome under

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.Le belle arti
Volumes 1-2, By Giovanni Battista Gennaro Grossi, Tipografia del Giornale Enciclopedico, Strada del Salvadore a Sant'Angelo a Nilo #48, Naples (1820); page 196.

References

1756 births Year of death unknown People from Arpino Painters from Lazio 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub