Giovanni Antonio Scaramuccia


Giovanni Antonio Scaramuccia was an Italian painter, active mainly in Rome and Perugia.

Biography

He initially trained as a sculptor, and was enrolled as a member of the Collegio di Pietra e Legname in 1614. He is described as a pupil of Cristoforo Roncalli in Rome. Among his pupils were his son, Luigi Pellegrini Scaramuccia, Giovanni Domenico Cerrini and Paolo Gismondi.
He painted a series of panels depicting subjects of the New Testament for the Oratory of San Francesco in Perugia. He painted a mannerist Virgin and St Augustine for the Oratory of St Augustine in Perugia.