Orpheus Charming the Animals in a Landscape
Sinibaldo Scorza
1621
Medium
pen and brown ink; framing line in brown ink
Dimensions
400; 570
About this artwork
Aankoop uit het F.G. Waller-Fonds
About the Artist
Sinibaldo Scorza · 1589–1631
Sinibaldo Scorza (1589–1631) was an Italian painter, draughtsman, and etcher who specialized in naturalistic landscapes populated with animals, biblical and mythological subjects. Born on July 16, 1589, into a wealthy aristocratic family in Voltaggio (near Genoa), Scorza received both a humanist education befitting his noble status and rigorous artistic training under Giovanni Battista Paggi in Ge...