Francesco Capelli (active c. 1568) was an Italian

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

. He was born in

Sassuolo Sassuolo (; egl, label= Modenese, Sasól ) is an Italian town, ''comune'', and industrial centre of the Province of Modena in Emilia-Romagna. Standing on the right bank of the river Secchia some southwest of Modena, the town is best known fo ...

in the

province of Modena The Province of Modena ( it, Provincia di Modena) is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Modena. It has an area of and a total population of about 701,000 (2015). There are 48 '' comuni'' (singular: ''c ...

, and was educated in the school of

Correggio Antonio Allegri da Correggio (August 1489 – 5 March 1534), usually known as just Correggio (, also , , ), was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the High Italian Renaissance, who was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sens ...

. He painted a 'Madonna and Child in Glory with attendant Saints' for the church of San Sebastian at Sassuolo. He was also called ''Caccianemici'', but must not be confounded with another

Francesco Caccianemici Francesco Caccianemici (16th century) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. He was born in Bologna, and trained under Primaticcio, whom he accompanied to work for the Court of King Francis I of France at Fontainebleau. He also worked t ...

, a contemporary pupil of

Primaticcio Francesco Primaticcio (April 30, 1504 – 1570) was an Italian Mannerist painter, architect and sculptor who spent most of his career in France. Biography Born in Bologna, he trained under Giulio Romano in Mantua and became a pupi ...

, and lived about the same period.

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* 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Renaissance painters Painters from Modena Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub