Giovanni Scajario, also known as ''Scajaro'', ''Scagliaro'', ''Scaggiaro'' (1726–1792) was an

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painter of the

Rococo Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, ...

period, active mainly in

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Scajario-Allégorie (Détail4)-Palais Pisani-Venise

Biography

He was born in

Asiago Asiago (; Venetian: ''Axiago'', Cimbrian: ''Slege'', German: ''Schlägen'' ) is a minor township (population roughly 6,500) in the surrounding plateau region (the ''Altopiano di Asiago'' or '' Altopiano dei Sette Comuni'', Asiago plateau) in ...

, son of Antonio Sajario, a painter. Giovanni was a follower, if not a pupil, of

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Giovanni Battista Tiepolo ( , ; March 5, 1696 – March 27, 1770), also known as Giambattista (or Gianbattista) Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice who painted in the Rococo style, considered an impo ...

. He has frescoes in various palaces and churches in Veneto, including Palazzi Roberti in

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, Mocenigo di San Stae, and Marin.Palazzo Marin Restoration
/ref> He also painted for the churches of San Biagio in Venice, Sant'Anna in

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, and a St Anthony of Padua for the parish church of

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in the Province of Vicenza.

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18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Venice People from Asiago Italian Baroque painters 1726 births 1792 deaths 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub