- Guglielmo Caccia
Guglielmo Caccia called il Moncalvo (
May 9 1568 - 1625) was an Italian painter who specialised in altar-pieces.He was born in
Montabone nearNovara . He said to have been a pupil ofLorenzo Sabbatini . He started painting inMilan , then worked inPavia , where he was made a citizen. He also painted in Casale,Novara ,Vercelli ,Alessandria , andTurin , andGenoa His best work, "Deposition from the Cross" is at the church of San Gaudenzio in
Novara . He also painted for the cupola of the dome of San Paolo in Novara. He painted for the Church of the Conventuali inMoncalvo . He painted a "St. Anthony Abbot with St Paul" for the church of Sant'Antonio Abbate in Milan. He painted in theSacro Monte di Crea . He was a collaborator in some works withGaudenzio Ferrari .Daniele Crespi andGiorgio Alberino were among his pupils, as was his daughter, Orsola. He painted in oil a "St. Peter" for the Chiesa della Croce, "St. Theresa" for the church of the Trinity, both inTurin , and a "Deposition" for the church of San Gaudenzio atNovara . AtMoncalvo , the church of the Conventuali ahs many of his works. ForChieri , he painted the "Raising of Lazarus' and the "Miracle of the Loaves".References
*cite book| first=Michael| last=Bryan| year=1886| title="Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical" (Volume I: A-K)| editor = Robert Edmund Graves| pages= page 207| publisher=George Bell and Sons|location=York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007 |id= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=4GYCAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage&dq=DICTIONARY+AACHEN+AALST&as_brr=1| authorlink=
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*cite book| first=Luigi| authorlink=Luigi Lanzi|last= Lanzi| year=1847| title= History of Painting in Italy; From the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century (Volume III)| editor = Thomas Roscoe (translator)| pages= pp. 299-301| publisher= Henry G. Bohn|location=London; Original from Oxford University, Digitized January, 2007| id= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=k0sGAAAAQAAJ&dq=luigi+lanziFurther reading
* [http://www.provincia.asti.it/hosting/moncalvo/caccia.htm Guglielmo Caccia detto il Moncalvo] , a short biography taken from Alberto Cottino, "Guglielmo Caccia detto il Moncalvo - Un pittore del '600", 1997.
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