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Scipione Cignaroli (1715-1766) was an Italian painter.

Life

The son of Martino Cignaroli, he received his first instruction from his father, and then went to Rome, where he became a scholar of Tempesta. He was a successful imitator of the style of his master, and of the works of Gaspard Dughet and Salvator Rosa. His pictures are chiefly at Milan and Turin.

References

1. "Cignaroli, Scipione". Union List of Artist' Names. J Paul Getty Foundation. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
2. Bryan 1886.

Sources

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Cignaroli, Scipione". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.

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