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Biography

Scarsellino (real name Ippolito Scarzella), Italian painter. After an early apprenticeship with his father, Sigismondo Scarsella (1530-1614), an architect and painter, he travelled to Bologna where he stayed c.

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1565-70. He then went to Venice, where from c. 1570 he trained in Paolo Veronese's workshop for four years.

His earliest works shows the influence of Veronese, for example the Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist (ex-Venice, Guggenheim), which also reveals a marked interest in Parmigianino, and a number of small altarpieces, such as the Holy Family (Schleissheim, Neues Schloss) and Virgin and Child (Parma, Galleria Nazionale).

In these works the inspiration from Veronese is united with a richness of colour reminiscent of Titian, although there are also echoes of earlier Ferrarese painters such as Sebastiano Filippi and Giuseppe Mazzuoli. Other early works include Scarsellino's mythological paintings of Diana and Endymion, Venus Bathing and Venus and Adonis Scarsellino - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia TAB