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| Guglielmo Caccia Virgin and Child ca. 1615 oil on canvas Pinacoteca del Castello Sforzesco, Milan |
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| Guglielmo Caccia St Jerome with an Angel ca. 1610-20 oil on canvas Pinacoteca del Castello Sforzesco, Milan |
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| Guglielmo Caccia Adoration of the Magi before 1625 oil on canvas Chiesa Parrocchiale di San Francesco, Moncalvo |
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| Guglielmo Caccia Allegory of the Franciscan Order before 1625 oil on canvas Chiesa Parrocchiale di San Francesco, Moncalvo |
"There is ground for believing that Giorgio Solari had a share in the instruction of the celebrated Caccia, surnamed Il Moncalvo (so called from his long residence in that place), who gave to Monferrato its brightest days of art. He was however born in Montabone, and his true name was Guglielmo Caccia. No name is more frequently heard by cultivated foreigners who pass through this higher part of Italy. He commenced his career in Milan, where he painted in several churches. He proceeded afterwards to Pavia, where he did the same. But he is still more frequently named in Novara, Vercelli, Casale, Alessandria, and in the tract of country leading from thence to Turin. Nor is this the whole itinerary of such as wish to see all his works. We must often deviate from the beaten road, and visit in this district castles and villas, which frequently present us with excellent specimens, particularly in Monferrato. He there passed a great part of his life, having been brought up in Moncalvo, says P. Orlandi, an estate of Monferrato, where he had both a home and school of painting. His style of design does not accord with that of the Carracci, which leads me to question the opinion prevalent in Moncalvo that he was a pupil of that school. Caccia's style of design seems derived from the elder schools, as we may observe in it a manner which partakes of Raffaello, of Andrea del Sarto, and Parmigianino, the great masters of ideal beauty."
– Luigi Lanzi, from The History of Painting in Italy, translated by Thomas Roscoe (London: H.G. Bohn, 1847)
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| Guglielmo Caccia Studies of Putti before 1625 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Guglielmo Caccia Three Putti Playing before 1625 drawing British Museum |
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| Guglielmo Caccia Putto holding a Skull before 1625 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Guglielmo Caccia Two Putti playing in Clouds before 1625 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Guglielmo Caccia Three Putti playing in Clouds before 1625 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Guglielmo Caccia Mystic Marriage of St Catherine of Alexandria before 1625 drawing British Museum |
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| Guglielmo Caccia Discovery of the True Cross before 1625 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Guglielmo Caccia Baptism of Christ ca. 1590-1600 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Guglielmo Caccia Two Kneeling Saints before 1625 drawing British Museum |
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| Guglielmo Caccia Designs for Ornamental Motifs and for a Herm supporting a Chimney Piece before 1625 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |