Camillo Capelli, also called Camillo Mantovano (active 16th century), was an

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painter of the

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period in northern Italy, including

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and

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Biography

His father, a painter, was putatively born in

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. The birth date is unknown, but he was likely born in

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. In addition to his father, he appears to have worked under Francesco Genga the Elder, and worked under the patronage of Isabella Gonzaga in Mantua. In the 1530s, under the guidance of Genga, Camillo was one of the painters, along with

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and

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to decorate with landscape and floral decoration the

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. The exact fresco is not defined, but this work was notable by

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. Probably in 1539, along with Menzocchi, as well as Giuseppe and Francesco Salviati, he moved to Venice, where he helped decorate the Palazzo Grimani a Santa Maria Formosa. According to Vasari, he painted the floral wall decorations. In 1547, his sister married in Venice the engraver Niccolò Boldrini. Camillo died in Venice on 13 October 1568.Treccani encyclopedia, (1975) by EE Safarik.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Capelli Camillo Year of birth unknown 1568 deaths 16th-century Italian painters People from the Duchy of Mantua Italian male painters Italian Renaissance painters Painters from Mantua