Francesco Vaccaro

Francesco Vaccaro or Vicaro (c. 1636-1675) was an Italian painter and engraver of the Baroque period, who trained in his native Bologna under Francesco Albani. He was chiefly known, as a painter, by his landscape and architectural views. He published a treatise on perspective, embellished with plates designed and engraved by himself. His prints consist of twelve perspective views of ruins, fountains, and other edifices in Italy.

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*cite book| first=Michael| last=Bryan| year=1889| title="Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical" (Volume II L-Z)| editor = Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves| pages= page 602| 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=K2cCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Michael+Bryan+Painters+Engravers#PPP7,M1| authorlink=