Ippolito Scalza

Ippolito Scalza (1532 – 22 December 1617) was a sculptor and architect of the Italian Renaissance, active in his native Orvieto as well as Todi and other towns in Umbria.

Ippolito was born in Orvieto to a family of moderate resources; his father was likely a mason in the Fabbrica (construction works) of the Duomo of this town.

[1] Three of his siblings, Francesco, Alessandro, and Lodovico, gained training as mosaicists, sculptors, and minor architects.

Of Ippolito, the first we see documented of his work is the 1554 completion of cornice molding of a chapel in the cathedral.

[3] He next sculpted, all for the Duomo, the statue of St Thomas Apostle and, from a single piece of Carrara marble, the Group of the Pieta (1570–1579) located in the Cappella della Madonna di San Brizio.