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Scipione Compagno belongs to the artistic milieu of seventeenth-century Naples. His works encompass religious episodes and secular gatherings, favouring subjects that bring several figures together within a shared space. The Beheading of Saint Januarius at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, painted on copper around the middle of the century, bears his signature. Its support distinguishes this work from his compositions on canvas.
The Fair at Impruneta, held at the Palazzo Reale in Genoa, demonstrates his interest in collective scenes. The Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes, a signed canvas dated 1646 and documented by the Fototeca Zeri, places this narrative approach within a biblical setting. These works illuminate the thematic range of his painting, between sacred history and the spectacle of social life.
This profile brings together identity references for Scipione Compagno and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
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Oil on canvas
Résurrection de Lazare
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2025-03-06 — 2025-03-19
Published result : 2000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3000–5000
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huile sur cuivre
Catalogue period : 2025-03-06 — 2025-03-19
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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Oil on canvas
Moïse et la chute de la Manne
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2025-03-06 — 2025-03-19
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 8000–12000
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