Giovanni Scajario, also known as Scajaro, Scagliaro, Scaggiaro (1726–1792) was an Italian painter of the Rococo period, active mainly in Venice.
Biography He was born in Asiago, son of Antonio Sajario, a painter.Notizie intorno alla vita e alle opere de' pittori, scultori e intagliatori di citta di Bassano, by Giambatista Verci, page 223. Giovanni was a follower, if not a pupil, of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. He has frescoes in various palaces and churches in Veneto, including Palazzi Roberti in Bassano del Grappa,Getty Images fresco or Antony and Cleopatra from Palazzo Roberti. Mocenigo di San Stae, and Marin.Palazzo Marin Restoration He also painted for the churches of San Biagio in Venice, Sant'Anna in Valsugana, and a St Anthony of Padua for the parish church of Rotzo in the Province of Vicenza.
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