Francesco Caputo (painter)
Francesco Caputo was an Italian illuminator and miniaturist painter active circa 1600 in Naples.
While studying he showed an inclination to drawing, and became a pupil of the miniaturist Giovanni Battista Rossi. He ended up marrying his daughter. He also illuminated choral manuscripts and bibles for private commissions.
Sources
- Boni, Filippo de' (1852). Biografia degli artisti ovvero dizionario della vita e delle opere dei pittori, degli scultori, degli intagliatori, dei tipografi e dei musici di ogni nazione che fiorirono da'tempi più remoti sino á nostri giorni. Seconda Edizione.. Venice; Googlebooks: Presso Andrea Santini e Figlio. p. 185.
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