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Antonio Capellini

1730) was an Italian engraver. He was born in Venice, where he was a pupil of Joseph Wagner, and engraved several plates both at Rome and Venice. He engraved most of the portraits in the edition of Vasari, published by Bottarini at Rome in 1760.

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Antonio Capellini

A young man being instructed in drawing by an older man. Engraving by A. Capellani after D. Maggiotto. Iconographic Collections

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1730) was an Italian engraver. He was born in Venice, where he was a pupil of Joseph Wagner, and engraved several plates both at Rome and Venice. He engraved most of the portraits in the edition of Vasari, published by Bottarini at Rome in 1760.

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