{{Short description|Italian painter}} thumb|300px|''Architectural Capriccio with a Statue of Hercules'', oil on canvas, priv. col. '''Pietro Capelli''' or '''Pietro Cappelli''' (born circa 1700, died 1724 or 1727)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pietro Cappelli |url=https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/15222 |website=RKDartists |access-date=2 May 2019 |language=en |date=31 March 2017}}</ref> was an Italian painter of the Rococo, active in his native city of Naples.
== Biography == Pietro Capelli was born in Naples around 1700. His father, Giuseppe Capelli, was a scenic designer at the Teatro San Bartolomeo in Naples. His brother, Giuseppe Capell, was a painter in Rome of scenographic decoration (theatrical decorations).{{sfn|Boni|1852|p=184}} Capelli trained under Francesco Solimena. He was active in quadratura, but also painted capricci and canvases with landscapes. He was a rival of Leonardo Coccorante. Grossi states that ''he was so full of imagination, and fast at painting, that he did not even sketch beforehand for his works.''<ref>{{cite book| first=Giovanni Battista Gennaro| last=Grossi| year=1820| title=Le Belle Arti|volume=2| pages= 198–9 | publisher=Tipografia del Giornale Enciclopedico|location=Naples |quote=Era egli tanto feroce di fantasia, e tanto veloce nel pingere, che dell'opere sue neppure faceva lo schizzo.}}</ref>
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==References== * {{cite book | first= Camillo|last=Minieri-Riccio| year=1844| title=Memorie storiche degli scrittori nati nel regno di Napoli| pages=75–76| publisher= Tipografia dell'Aquila di V. Puzziello |location=Naples |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=updovhrQrmcC }} * {{cite book| first=Filippo de'| last=Boni| year=1852| title=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|edition=2nd| page= 184 | publisher=Presso Andrea Santini e Figlio|location=Venice |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IU0_AAAAcAAJ }}
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