Gaius Vettius Capitolinus
Gaius Vettius Capitolinus was a Roman painter who worked in the 1st century BC. Was active in Rome .
He is only known from a funerary inscription found in Rome in which he is referred to as a painter ("pictor"). The tombstone is now in the Museo Nazionale Romano .
literature
- Rainer Vollkommer : Vettius Capitolinus . In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 932.
Remarks
- ↑ CIL 6,6182 ; Illustration of the inscription
- ↑ Inventory number 51622
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vettius Capitolinus, Gaius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |