Scipione Sacco (or Sacchi) (1495–1558) was an Italian painter of the

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas ...

, active near or in

Cesena Cesena (; rgn, Cisêna) is a city and ''comune'' in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, served by Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine Mountains, about from the Adriatic Sea. The total population is 97,137. History Cesena was o ...

. He is referred to as a likely pupil or strongly influenced by

Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of works by Raphael, His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of ...

. Born in the town of Sogliano al Rubicone, he painted a ''Pope St Gregory'' for the cathedral of Cesena in 1545. For the church of San Domenico of Cesena, he painted a ''Death of St Peter Martyr''.Il microcosmo della pittura
by Francesco Scannelli; Cesena (1657); page 183. He died in Cesena.

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* 1495 births 1558 deaths People from Sogliano al Rubicone 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 16th-century Italian painters Italian Renaissance painters {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub