Bernardino Vincenzo Fergioni (1674–1738) called Sbirretto was an Italian painter of marine views and seaports, stated by Lanzi to have flourished in Rome about the year 1718.

Fergioni was born in Rome on 2 January 1674, although some dated sources mistakenly report his year of birth as 1675.

[3] He was baptized on 9 January, in the no longer extant church of San Nicola degli Incoronati, formerly located close by the Carceri Nuove, in the Regola rione of Rome.

[3] Fergioni was born to a family of modest means, but was nonetheless able to devote himself to the study of literature, honing his skills as an orator and a poet up to his twenties.

There, he studied under an unknown master, Monsù Alto, who imparted on him a more realist and naturalist approach, and allowed him to build himself a repertoire of forms.

[3] According to Lanzi, two French painters overshadowed Fergioni's fame in the early 18th century, that is Manglard and Vernet, who arrived in Rome in 1715 and 1734, respectively.

According to Lanzi, Vernet wasn't warmly welcomed in Manglard's studio, and so moved on to Fergioni's before going sur les ports de mer ... faire ses études.

On the other hand, Fergioni was awarded a Knight Cross by Pope Benedict XIII, which he "flaunted continuously.