CAPPONI, LUIGI. - Sculptor of the Lombard school, active in the second half of the 15th century. In his works, almost all in Rome, he drew inspiration from ancient sculpture; two are documented and make it possible to attribute others to him: the tomb of Bishop Brusati (S. Clemente, Rome) and the altar for S. Maria delle Grazie (Rome).
The former (1485), executed with G. Della Pietra, repeats Florentine schemes; the latter (1496) better reveals the value of C.: in the group, representing the Crucified Christ between the Madonna and St. John, everything is carefully worked out but not deeply felt, and the composition is disordered. Other works attributed to him are: an altarpiece in the Lateran baptistery (the St. John is a replica of the preceding one); the ciborium and doorway of the hospital of the Consolazione; a bas-relief for the altar of St. Gregory (S. Gregorio, Rome); the Bonsi tomb (ibid.); the latter, instead of recumbent statues, has the busts of the two brothers in niches, a solution of some originality.