Caccioli, Giovanni Battista

Caccioli, Giovanni Battista an eminent historical painter, was born in the castle of Budrio, near Bologna, in 1628. He studied under Domenico Maria Canuti, and painted several pictures for the Bolognese churches. He died in 1676. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.; Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.