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 moved to genoa to apprentice with giovanni battista paggi. rise to prominence one of scorza's notable early works is the painting "christ comforted by angels"…