Francesco Capella, called Il Capella and Francesco Dagiu, was a student of Giovanni Battista Piazzetta. He was born in Venice, Italy. He painted history, and was chiefly employed for the churches at B
Self portrait, now at the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo
Emperor Valentianus in front of Saint Martin, Church of San Martino, Sarnico, Bergamo
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta was an Italian Rococo painter of religious subjects and genre scenes.
Francesco Capella
…Francesco Capella (1714–1784), called Il Capella and Francesco Dagiu, was a student 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…
Self portrait (1730s),Charcoal heightened with White on green-grey paper. In the collection of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid
The Assumption of Mary (1735), oil on canvas. In the collection of the Louvre
The Soothsayer, Accademia, Venice
Idyll at Coast (1739-1740)