Francesco Capella
Self portrait, now at the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo
Francesco Capella (1714–1784), called Il Capella and Francesco Dagiu, was a scholar of Giovanni Battista Piazzetta. He was born in Venice, Italy. He painted history, and was chiefly employed for the churches at Bergamo, and by the state. One of his best pictures is 'St. George and the Dragon,' in the church of San Bonate.
Emperor Valentianus in front of Saint Martin, Church of San Martino, Sarnico, Bergamo
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Dagiu, Francesco". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
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