ARPINAS, or ARPINO, GIUSEPPE CESARE, a famous painter, born in the year 1560, at the castle of Arpinas, in the kingdom of Naples. He lived in great intimacy with Pope Clement VIII. who conferred upon him the honour
of knighthood, and many other marks of friendship. His paintings of Roman history are the most esteemed of all his works. He died at Rome in 1640.