Carpoforo Tencalla [SEP] date of birth
Carpoforo Tencalla
Carpoforo Tencalla (or Tencala) (10 September 1623 - 9 March 1685) was an influential Swiss-Italian Baroque painter of canvases and frescoes. He is little studied and has come only recently to the attention of art critics. He introduced the style of 17th-century Italian painting with its mythological subjects to Central Europe, reviving the art of fresco on large surfaces.
Biography.
Tencalla was born in Bissone in southern Switzerland. He began his apprenticeship in Lombardy, probably in Milan, Bergamo and
Tencalla
Tencalla is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Carpoforo Tencalla (1623-1685), Swiss-Italian Baroque painter
- Costante Tencalla (1593-1646), Swiss-Italian architect and sculptor