Francesco Vaccaro

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Architectural Capriccio with a Fountain by Francesco Vaccaro, British Museum

Francesco Vaccaro or Vicaro (24 September 1636 – 13 December 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, from 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.

References

Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves, ed. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. pp. page 602.

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Name	Vaccaro, Francesco
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Short description	Italian painter
Date of birth	1636
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Date of death	1675
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