Giovanni Scajario
Appearance
Giovanni Scajario, also known as Scajaro, Scagliaro, Scaggiaro (1726–1792) was an Italian painter of the Rococo period, active mainly in Venice.
Biography
[edit]He was born in Asiago, son of Antonio Sajario, a painter.[1] Giovanni was a follower, if not a pupil, of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. He has frescoes in various palaces and churches in Veneto, including Palazzi Roberti in Bassano del Grappa,[2] Mocenigo di San Stae, and Marin.[3] He also painted for the churches of San Biagio in Venice, Sant'Anna in Valsugana, and a St Anthony of Padua for the parish church of Rotzo in the Province of Vicenza.
References
[edit]- ^ Notizie intorno alla vita e alle opere de' pittori, scultori e intagliatori di citta di Bassano, by Giambatista Verci, page 223.
- ^ Getty Images fresco or Antony and Cleopatra from Palazzo Roberti.
- ^ Palazzo Marin Restoration