Guglielmo Caccia called il Moncalvo (9 May 15681625) was an Italian painter of sacred subjects in a Mannerism, Mannerist style.

Biography

He was born in Montabone near Acqui Terme, Acqui. He is said to have been a pupil of Lorenzo Sabbatini. He started painting in Milan, then worked in Pavia, where he was made a citizen. He also painted in Novara, Vercelli, Alessandria, and Turin, and Genoa. His best work, ''Deposition from the Cross'', is at the church of San Gaudenzio, Novara. He also painted for the cupola of the dome of San Paolo in Novara. He painted for the Church of the Conventuali in Moncalvo. He painted a ''St. Anthony Abbot with St Paul'' for the church of Sant'Antonio Abate, Milan, Sant'Antonio Abate in Milan. He painted in the Sacro Monte di Crea. He was a collaborator in some works with Gaudenzio Ferrari. Daniele Crespi and Giorgio Alberino were among his pupils, as was his daughter, Orsola Caccia, Orsola. He painted in oil a ''St. Peter'' for the Chiesa della Croce, ''St. Theresa'' for the church of the Trinity, both in Turin, and a ''Deposition'' for the church of San Gaudenzio, Novara, San Gaudenzio at Novara. At Moncalvo, the church of the Conventuali has numerous works by him; at the church of San Domenico, Chieri, he painted the ''Raising of Lazarus'' and the ''Miracle of the Loaves''. He painted frescoes in the church of San Michele, Casale Monferrato, Confraternity of San Michele in Casale Monferrato, Casale. Among his pupils was Francesco Fea.

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