Guglielmo Caccia

Who was Guglielmo Caccia?

Guglielmo Caccia called il Moncalvo was an Italian painter who specialised in altar-pieces.

He was born in Montabone near Acqui. He said to have been a pupil of Lorenzo Sabbatini. He started painting in Milan, then worked in Pavia, where he was made a citizen. He also painted in Casale, Novara, Vercelli, Alessandria, and Turin, and Genoa

His best work, Deposition from the Cross is at the church of San Gaudenzio in Novara. He also painted for the cupola of the dome of San Paolo in Novara. He painted for the Church of the Conventuali in Moncalvo. He painted a St. Anthony Abbot with St Paul for the church of Sant'Antonio Abbate in Milan. He painted in the Sacro Monte di Crea. He was a collaborator in some works with Gaudenzio Ferrari. Daniele Crespi and Giorgio Alberino were among his pupils, as was his daughter, Orsola. He painted in oil a St. Peter for the Chiesa della Croce, St. Theresa for the church of the Trinity, both in Turin, and a Deposition for the church of San Gaudenzio at Novara. At Moncalvo, the church of the Conventuali has numerous works by him; at Chieri, he painted the Raising of Lazarus' and the Miracle of the Loaves.