Scipione Pulzone was born in Gaeta. He worked in Rome, apart from some visits to Naples and Florence. He was principally a portraitist.
Scipione Pulzone
active 1569, died 1598
Works by Scipione Pulzone
This portrait is one of the earliest and largest known examples of a painting on tinned copper, and the only portrait. The subject is commonly identified as Cardinal Giacomo Savelli (1522–1587), who was made a cardinal at 16 and became Vicar General of Rome in 1560. There is a smaller version of...
Not on display