Pace del Campidoglio, Michele - Still-Life - 17th century

Michele Pace del Campidoglio (1625-1669) was an

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of still-life depicting fruit and flowers.

Biography

Pace del Campidoglio was born in

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in 1625. He was called 'Di Campidoglio' from an office he held in the Campidoglio, or

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, at Rome. There was a fine picture by him in the collection of

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at Blenheim, and many others are to be found in England. He died in 1669 in Rome.Dipinti del barocco romano da Palazzo Chigi in Ariccia
By Aa.Vv., page 74.

References

Attribution: * 1610 births 1669 deaths Italian still life painters 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Rome {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub