[3] Camillo received his artistic training in the established Vicenza workshop of Lorenzo Rubini and his sons Agostino and Vigilio.
The indirect connection to the Roman artistic scene certainly influenced Mariani’s work stylistically, and one may speculate that it also played a part in his decision to move his own studio to Rome in 1597.
Before moving to Rome and the Papal court, however, Mariani received a number of prestigious commissions in Venice and the Veneto, benefiting from his connections with the Rubinis and Vittoria, as well as with the Vicentine architect Vincenzo Scamozzi.
After working with Agostino Rubini and other established sculptors of the region in producing statues for Andrea Palladio’s Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza,[5] he moved on to create three of the statues—Aeolus, Proserpine and Hymen—surmounting the roofline of Sansovino’s Biblioteca Marciana in the Piazza di San Marco in Venice.
His figures both at San Bernardo alle Terme in Rome and at Villa Cornaro in Piombino Dese are particularly praised for their chiaroscuro effects and bold modeling.