Thursday, May 26, 2022

Camillo di Capelli, called Camillo Mantovano (died 1568)

Camillo di Capelli (Camillo Mantovano)
Decorative Foliage and Birds
ca. 1560-65
ceiling fresco
Sala a Fogliami, Palazzo Grimani, Venice

Camillo di Capelli (Camillo Mantovano)
Decorative Foliage and Birds
ca. 1560-65
ceiling fresco
Sala a Fogliami, Palazzo Grimani, Venice

Camillo di Capelli (Camillo Mantovano)
Decorative Foliage and Birds
ca. 1560-65
ceiling fresco
Sala a Fogliami, Palazzo Grimani, Venice

Camillo di Capelli (Camillo Mantovano)
Decorative Foliage and Birds
ca. 1560-65
ceiling fresco
Sala a Fogliami, Palazzo Grimani, Venice

Camillo di Capelli (Camillo Mantovano)
Decorative Foliage and Birds
ca. 1560-65
ceiling fresco
Sala a Fogliami, Palazzo Grimani, Venice

Camillo di Capelli (Camillo Mantovano)
Decorative Foliage and Birds
ca. 1560-65
ceiling fresco
Sala a Fogliami, Palazzo Grimani, Venice

Camillo di Capelli (Camillo Mantovano)
Decorative Foliage and Birds
ca. 1560-65
ceiling fresco
Sala a Fogliami, Palazzo Grimani, Venice

Camillo di Capelli (Camillo Mantovano)
Decorative Foliage and Birds
ca. 1560-65
ceiling fresco
Sala a Fogliami, Palazzo Grimani, Venice

Camillo di Capelli (Camillo Mantovano)
Decorative Foliage and Birds
ca. 1560-65
ceiling fresco
Sala a Fogliami, Palazzo Grimani, Venice

Camillo di Capelli (Camillo Mantovano)
Decorative Foliage and Birds
ca. 1560-65
ceiling fresco
Sala a Fogliami, Palazzo Grimani, Venice

Camillo di Capelli (Camillo Mantovano)
Decorative Foliage and Birds
ca. 1560-65
ceiling fresco
Sala a Fogliami, Palazzo Grimani, Venice

Camillo di Capelli (Camillo Mantovano)
Decorative Foliage and Birds
ca. 1560-65
ceiling fresco
Sala a Fogliami, Palazzo Grimani, Venice

Camillo di Capelli (Camillo Mantovano)
Decorative Foliage and Birds
ca. 1560-65
ceiling fresco
Sala a Fogliami, Palazzo Grimani, Venice

Camillo di Capelli (Camillo Mantovano)
Decorative Foliage and Birds
ca. 1560-65
ceiling fresco
Sala a Fogliami, Palazzo Grimani, Venice

Camillo di Capelli (Camillo Mantovano)
Decorative Foliage and Birds
ca. 1560-65
ceiling fresco
Sala a Fogliami, Palazzo Grimani, Venice

"The Duke [Francesco Maria, Duke of Urbino] having then returned to his state, Girolamo [Genga] also returned, and was retained by him and employed as architect in restoring an old palace on the Monte dell'Imperiale, above Pesaro, and adding to it another tower.  That palace was adorned with scenes in painting from the actions of the Duke, after the directions and designs of Girolamo, by Francesco da Forlì and Raffaello dal Borgo, painters of good repute, and by Camillo Mantovano, a very rare master in painting landscapes and verdure."  

– from Lives of the Painters, Sculptors and Architects by Giorgio Vasari (1568), translated by Gaston du C. de Vere (1912)