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Melchiorre Cafà

Italian artist (1636-1667)
Person human Q983429

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[7]
Date of birth
January 21, 1636
Date of death
September 4, 1667
Place of birth
Birgu
Place of death
Rome
Country of citizenship
Malta[6]
Occupation
sculptor
Sibling
Lorenzo Gafà[11]
Artist files at
Frick Art Research Library[16]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired[15]
Family name
Cafà[9]
Given name
Melchiorre[10]
Has works in the collection
Nationalmuseum, MUŻA[13][14]
Movement
Baroque[8]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library[12]
P14750
9505-1496-33A5-E5B7-125E[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Melchiorre Cafa en Melchiorre Cafà en Melchiorre Caffa en Melchiorre Caffà en Melchiorre Cofa en Melchiorre Cofà en Melchiorre Gafà en Melchiorre Gafar en Le Maltais en Le Maltois en M. Caffa en melchior en Melchior Caffa en Melchior maltese en Melchior Maltese de Melchiorre Caffà de Marcello Gafà de Melchior Caffa de Melchiore Caffa de Melchiorre Cafa
🔖 Identifiers · 48
ISNI
0000000067061765
VIAF cluster ID
41692066
Library of Congress authority ID
nr91003121
GND ID
131867814
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Melchiorre cafà, papa alessandro VII, 1667.JPG ↗
Art Renewal Center artist ID
4125
Artcyclopedia artist ID
caffa_melchiore
Artist ID of the Department of Prints and Drawings of the Louvre
457-CAFFA-Melchiorre
Artists of the World ID
10149205
Artnet artist ID
melchiore-caffa-il-maltese
Benezit ID
B00030123
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14879427v
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Bridgeman artist ID
56003
British Museum person or institution ID
52328
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00834735
DDB person (GND) ID
131867814
De Agostini ID
Caffà+o+Cafà,+Melchiòrre,+detto+il+Maltése
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
131867814
Enciclopedia di Roma person ID
634
Europeana entity
agent/base/48803
FAST ID
281192
Freebase ID
/m/090flf
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
991004850899707141
Google Arts & Culture entity ID
m090flf
Grove Art Online ID
T012971
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID
person/379067039949
ICCD agent ID
942f0a8b9564e7b9e0c234ebb253bd29
ICCROM authority ID
33575, 33577
IdRef ID
115325018
Invaluable.com person ID
f1a6tykmub
Joconde author ID
T513-4813
McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia ID
C/caffa-melchiore
Met Constituent ID
34386
Museum-digital ID
56987
MutualArt artist ID
BA55792E540042ED
NUKAT ID
n2008153709
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007422553605171
Nationalmuseum Sweden ID
21570
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
27073
RKDartists ID
14688
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
17972
Treccani's Biographical Dictionary of Italian People ID
melchiorre-cafa
Union List of Artist Names ID
500012053
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
345115
V&A person ID
A37786
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/193736
Web Gallery of Art artist ID
c/cafa
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJyH3VPm6b8rbgjW9pdvpP

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🔗 Connections
Has works in the collection 2
Nationalmuseum, MUŻA
Country of citizenship 1
Malta
Instance of 1
human
Movement 1
Baroque
Occupation 1
sculptor
Place of birth 1
Birgu
Place of death 1
Rome
Sex or gender 1
male
Sibling 1
Lorenzo Gafà
Siblings 1
Lorenzo Gafà
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Summary

Melchiorre Cafà was born on January 21, 1636[1], in Birgu[2]. He died on September 4, 1667[3], in Rome[4]. He worked as a sculptor[5].

FAQs

Where was Melchiorre Cafà born?

Melchiorre Cafà's place of birth was Birgu[2].

Where did Melchiorre Cafà die?

Melchiorre Cafà passed away in Rome[4].

What did Melchiorre Cafà do for work?

Melchiorre Cafà worked as a sculptor[5].

Related Entities

Birgu Malta Nationalmuseum

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'mt', 'pl', 'pt', 'r
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    P14750 → 9505-1496-33A5-E5B7-125E
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  3. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library
    Has works in the collection → Nationalmuseum, MUŻA
    Copyright status as a creator → copyrights on works have expired
    Place of death → Rome
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