Scipione Compagno was an Italian painter. He was born in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

in about 1624, and was still living in 1680. He was a pupil of

Aniello Falcone Aniello Falcone (15 November 16001656) was an Italian Baroque painter, active in Naples and noted for his painted depictions of battle scenes. Some sources refer to him as ''Ancillo Falcone''. Biography Born in Naples the son of a tradesman, he ...

and

Salvator Rosa Salvator Rosa (1615 –1673) is best known today as an Italian Baroque painter, whose romanticized landscapes and history paintings, often set in dark and untamed nature, exerted considerable influence from the 17th century into the early 19th ...

, and his drawings are held in esteem. The Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien in Vienna contains two of his works – the ''Eruption of Vesuvius'' and the ''Beheading of St. Januarius''.

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* Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters Painters from Naples {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub