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Agostino Scilla
(1629–1700)
Painter
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Agostino Scilla was a painter.
Quick Facts About Agostino Scilla
- Born
- August 10, 1629
- Died
- May 31, 1700
- Profession
- Painter
About Agostino Scilla
[Wikidata] Italian painter, paleontologist, geologist, and pioneer in the study of fossils (1629–1700)... | [Wikipedia] Agostino Scilla was an Italian Baroque painter, paleontologist, geologist, numismatist, and a pioneer in the study of fossils and in scientific illustration. In addition to his paintings, he published an early text on paleontology: La vana speculazione disingannata dal senso which was introduced to
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![“It would indeed be a great delusion, if we stated that those sports of Nature [we find] enclosed in rocks are there by chance or by some vague creative power. Ah, that would be superficial indeed! In reality, those shells, which once were alive in water and are now dead and decomposed, were made…” quote by Agostino Scilla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/944/agostino-scilla-180925_alive_it-would-indeed-be-a-great-delusion-if-w_1962829.jpg)