Scipione Sacco (or Sacchi) (1495–1558) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance, active near or in Cesena.
Life Born in the town of Sogliano al Rubicone, in his youth he came into contact with Ramberto Malatesta, Count of Sogliano, and this influenced his artistic and cultural education."Scipione Sacco", Comune di Sogliano al Rubicone However, he and his family were exiled because his father tried to poison Ramberto Malatesta."Scipione Sacco", Cesena Municipal Art Gallery
He painted a Pope St Gregory for the cathedral of Cesena in 1545.Lanzi, Luigi. The History of Painting in Italy from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century, H.G. Bohn, 1854, p. 56 For the church of San Domenico of Cesena, he painted a Death of St Peter Martyr.Il microcosmo della pittura; by Francesco Scannelli; Cesena (1657); page 183. He is referred to as a likely pupil or strongly influenced by Raphael.Fondazione Zeri entry.
He died in Cesena.
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