Francesco Calò (born 1749) was an Italian painter of the late-

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period. He was born in

Molfetta Molfetta (; Bari dialect, Molfettese: ) is a town located in the northern side of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy. It has a well restored old city, and its own dialect. History The earliest local signs of permanent habit ...

. He trained in Rome. He painted sacred subjects in both oil and fresco. He also painted portraits. He painted altarpieces of San Nicola di Andria. He was likely influenced by

Corrado Giaquinto Corrado Giaquinto (8 February 1703 – 18 April 1766) was an Italian Rococo painter. Early training and move to Rome He was born in Molfetta. As a boy he apprenticed with a modest local painter Saverio Porta, (c. 1667–1725), escaping the r ...

and related or identical to the Molfetta fresco painter Vito Calò (Molfetta, 1744 - 1817).Saggio sulla storia di Molfetta
by Michele Romano: (1840) page 61-62.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Calo Francesco 1749 births Year of death unknown People from Molfetta 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists