Adamo Scultori also referred to as Adamo Ghisi, was an Italian engraver, sculptor and artist.

Scultori was born in Mantua

Mantua

Mantua is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the province of the same name. Mantua's historic power and influence under the Gonzaga family, made it one of the main artistic, cultural and notably musical hubs of Northern Italy and the country as a whole...

. He came from an artistic family: his father Giovanni Battista Scultori and sister Diana Scultori Ghisi

Diana Scultori Ghisi

Diana Scultori Ghisi was an Italian artist, also known under the name Diana Mantovana.The Renaissance is the first time period where women artists gained international reputations. Perhaps this growth of art among women was due to cultural shifts, such as a move towards humanism, there were many...

 were both artists. Because of his family's close association with the artist Giorgio Ghisi

Giorgio Ghisi

Giorgio Ghisi was an Italian artist in engraving and painting. Born in Mantua, he trained with Marcantonio Raimondi and subsequently worked with Hieronymus Cock in Antwerp....

, his sister and he were sometimes referred to by the Ghisi surname. He died in 1585 . Some of his works can be seen at the Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art is an art museum situated in the Wade Park District, in the University Circle neighborhood on Cleveland's east side. Internationally renowned for its substantial holdings of Asian and Egyptian art, the museum houses a diverse permanent collection of more than 43,000...

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