Alessandro Capalti (25 September 1807 – 18 March 1868) was an Italian painter, mainly of historical subjects and portraits.
He was born in Rome, and there became a pupil of Tommaso Minardi and Gaspare Landi at the Academy of St Luke.
He painted portraits of Gwendoline Talbot, Princess Borghese, his former master Minardi, and the actress Adelaide Ristori.
A Raphaelesque St Catherine is part of the Royal Collection Trust, and is located at Osborne House.
[3] His painting depicting the Circumcision of Jesus was the main altarpiece of the Church of the Gesù, Rome.