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 16^ SARTO— SCAKCELLA* ment of the Yenetiaxi School. Andrea caught the peculiarities of most schools, without heing engrossed hy any; he gives indications of the Boman, Vene- tian, Lomhsurd, and Florentine ; and he has adopted figures from Albrecht Diirer. Ho visited Borne for a short time. There are two biographies of him, an Italian and a German, by Biadi, and by Beumont. Works^ Florence, frescoes in the court of the Compagnia dello Scalzo, representing the History of the Baptist (1514); the Baptism of Christ, the Preaching of John (1515), and the Baptism of the People (1516), are comparatively early works ; the others were executed at a later period, after his return from France^ 1520h-24; the Birth of John the Baptist in 1526. In the court of the Santissima Annunziata, the five subjects from the History of San Filippo Benizi ; the Birth of the Virgin ; and an Adoration of the Kings : in the great court of the same convent, the celebrated Madonna del Sacco : in the refectory of the convent of San Salvia the Last Supper: Pitti Palace, two pictures of the Annunciation, and the Disputa della Santissima Trinita: Uffi^, the Madonna di San Francesco, or delle arpie, his most celebrated easel picture (1517). Naples, Museo Bor- bonico, the copy of Haphael's Leo X. and the Cardintds (1524). Home, the Borghese Gallery, several works. Ber- lin Gallery, the Madonna enthroned, with Saints (1518); the Portrait of Lucrezia del Fede (his wife), and two other works. Louvre, La CariU (1518), and two Holy Families. London, Na- tional Galleiy, a Holy Family. ( Vcuari,) SASSOFEBRATO. [Salvi.] SAVOLDO, GioviLNNi Giboiamo, of Brescia, called sometimes Gielolamo Bresciano, living 1540. Venetian School. He was an imitator of Gior- gione and Titian, and displays great delicacy of execution and a rich colour- ing. His paintings are rare: he was of a noble family, and practised the art solely for his pleasure; he pre- sented his works to the churches and convents of Venice. Works, Florence, Uffizj, the Trans- figuration. Venice^ Manfrini Gallery, an Adoration of the Shepherds, and two Hermits: Pesaro, church of the Dominicans, Christ in glory, with Saints adoring. Berlin Gallery, a female figure. Louvre, a man's Por- trait. {Lanzi.) SCARAMUCCIA, Luigi, called II Pebuoino, 6. at Perugia, 1616 ; d. at Milan, 1680. Roman School. He was a scholar first of his father Gio. Antonio, then of Guido Reni, and be- came a successful imitator of that master. He painted several pictures for the public buildings in Peragia, in Milan, and in Bologna, where in the Palazzo Pubblico is a picture by him of the Coronation of Charles the Fifth. His master-piece is considered the Pre- sentation in the Temple, in the church of the Fihppines at Perugia. There are a few etchings by Scaramnccia; and in 1674 he published in Pavia a treatise on his art : Le Finezze de Pinelli Italiani ammirate e Uudiote da Girupeno (Perugino), &c. (Ptucolij Lami.) SCARSELLA, Ifpouto, called Lo ScABSEixiNO, to distinguish him from his father Sigismondo Scarsella, a scholar of Paul Veronese, 6. at Fer- rara, 1551 ; d, 1621. Ferrarese School. He studied first under his father, then with Giacomo Bassano^ and spent six years in Venice, studying the works of Paul Veronese and other great Vene- tians. His works are much esteemed, and he is called the Paolo of Ferrara, which city abounded with his pictures in public and private. Two of the prin- cipal are the Assumption of the Virgin, and the Marriage at Cana, at the Bene-