Scipione Cignaroli (milan 1690 – Turin 1753)

Scipione Cignaroli (Milan 1690 – Turin 1753)
Arcadian Landscape, with Monte dei Cappuccini in Turin and a Bend in the Po River
Oil on canvas
182 x 118 cm
Thework is accompanied by a study by Dr. Arabella Cifani, available via email

According to Dal Pozzo (1718) and Orlandi (1719), Scipione trained in Rome under Cavalier Tempesta. While in Rome, he had the opportunity to absorb the teachings of G. Dughet and Salvator Rosa and to engage with Andrea Locatelli and Paolo Anesi. He returned to Turin, where he trained under his father, Martino. In 1723, he began working independently at the Rivoli Castle, in collaboration with P. D. Olivero. Also working for the House of Savoy, in 1739 he worked at Stupinigi, creating thirty landscape paintings, and came into contact with Carlo Antonio Tavella, a talented landscape painter and collaborator of Alessandro Magnasco. Finally, it is essential to note how Scipione, a sensitive and skilled artist, was able to make the Venetian style—and in particular that of Marco Ricci—his own.