Antonio Capellan (ca. 1740–1793)

• Was an Italian engraver.
• He trained with Joseph Wagner.

• Capellan is best known for making engraved copies of masterworks of the Italian Renaissance found in private collections, which were published in Gavin Hamilton's work, Schola Italica Picturae.

• He also engraved a series of portraits of cardinals titled "Calcographia R.C.A. apud Pedem Marmoreum".

• In 1759, he engraved portraits of Michelangelo and Giorgio Vasari for a volume of the life of Vasari, curated by Bottari.

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