Sigismondo Caula (1637–1724) was an Italian painter of the Baroque style. Caula was born in

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, where he was the pupil of Jean Boulanger, but finished his studies at Venice, from the works of

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and

Tintoretto Jacopo Robusti (late September or early October 1518Bernari and de Vecchi 1970, p. 83.31 May 1594), best known as Tintoretto ( ; , ), was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticized th ...

. Besides his altar-pieces, he painted

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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.

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* 1637 births 1724 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Modena Italian Baroque painters {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub