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Sigismondo Caula (1637–1724) was an Italian painter of the Baroque style.
Caula was born in
Sigismondo Caula (1637–1724) was an Italian painter of the Baroque style.
Caula was born in Modena
Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...
, where he was the pupil of Jean Boulanger Jean Boulanger may refer to:
* Jean Boulanger (painter) (1606–1660), French painter
* Jean Boulanger (engraver) (1607–1680), French line-engraver
See also
* Jean-Claude Boulanger
Jean-Claude Ézechiel Jean-Baptiste Boulanger (born 1 March 19 ...
, but finished his studies at Venice, from the works of Titian
Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italians, Italian (Republic of Venice, Venetian) painter of the Renaissance, considered the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school (art), ...
and Tintoretto
Tintoretto ( , , ; born Jacopo Robusti; late September or early October 1518Bernari and de Vecchi 1970, p. 83.31 May 1594) was an Italian painter identified with the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticized the speed with ...
. Besides his altar-pieces, he painted cabinet pictures for private collections. His best production was his large picture of ''St Charles Borromeo assisting the plague-stricken people of Modena'', which was painted, with great vigor and expression, for the church of San Carlo, Modena, but now at the Este Gallery at Modena. That gallery also displays a ''St Ambrose'' by Caula. In the latter portion of his life he became more languid in his coloring and execution. He painted as late as 1694.
References
* 1637 births 1724 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Modena Italian Baroque painters {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub