Pietro Capelli
Illustration — Architectural Capriccio with a Statue of Hercules, oil on canvas, priv. Col. Capelli or Pietro Cappelli (born circa 1700, died 1724 or 1727) was an Italian painter of the Rococo, active in his native city of Naples.
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Pietro Capelli
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- Kingdom of Naples
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- painter · draftsperson
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- landscape
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- Italian
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The recorded working language is Italian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Places of work recorded in the authority are Naples. Work by Pietro Capelli is recorded in the collections of Statens Museum for Kunst, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Bavarian State Painting Collections and Führermuseum.
Pietro Capelli was born in Naples around 1700. His father, Giuseppe Capelli, was a scenic designer at the Teatro San Bartolomeo in Naples. His brother, Giuseppe Capell, was a painter in Rome of scenographic decoration (theatrical decorations). Capelli trained under Francesco Solimena. He was active in quadratura, but also painted capricci and canvases with landscapes. He was a rival of Leonardo Coccorante. Grossi states that he was so full of imagination, and fast at painting, that he did not even sketch beforehand for his works.
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