Carlo Pellegrini (25 March 1839 – 22 January 1889), who did much of his work under the pseudonym of Ape (['a?pe], Italian for "bee"), was an artist who served from 1869 to 1889 as a caricaturist for Vanity Fair magazine, a leading journal of London society.
He was born in Capua, then in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
His father came from an ancient land-owning family, while his mother was allegedly descended from the Medici.
His work for the magazine made his reputation and he became its most influential artist.