early life and training sinibaldo scorza di voltaggio, an italian painter, draughtsman, and etcher, was born on july 16, 1589, into a wealthy aristocratic family from voltaggio (now part of piedmont). his father, conte scorza di voltaggio, provided him with a literary and humanist education. scorza's artistic training began under the guidance of the lesser-known painter giovanni battista carosio and his son bernardo until 1604, when he…