Girolamo Forabosco or Gerolamo Forabosco (1605 – 23 January 1679) was an Italian painter of the

Baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...

period. He was active in Padua and his birthplace of

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, where he was enrolled in the Venetian ''Fraglia dei Pittori'' between 1634–39 and paid taxes in Venice from 1640-44. He was a pupil of

Alessandro Varotari Alessandro Leone Varotari (4 April 1588 – 20 July 1649), also commonly known as Il Padovanino, was an Italian painter of the late-Mannerist and early-Baroque Venetian school, best known for having mentored Pietro Liberi, Giulio Carpioni, an ...

(il Padovanino), and influenced in Venice by

Bernardo Strozzi Bernardo Strozzi, named il Cappuccino and il Prete Genovese (c. 1581 – 2 August 1644), was an Italian Baroque painter and engraver. A canvas and fresco artist, his wide subject range included History painting, history, Allegory, allegorica ...

. Gregorio Lazzarini and Pietro Bellotto were among his pupils. He died in

Padua Padua ( ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua. The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice and southeast of Vicenza, and has a population of 20 ...

. Gerolamo Forabosco 01.jpg, Girolamo Forabosco, ''Portrait of a Courtesan'', Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence (Venice) Apollo e Sibilla - Geroloma Forabosco.jpg, Apollo and the Cuman Sibyl - Pinacoteca Egidio Martini Venice

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Web gallery of ArtDavid with head of Goliath from Liechtenstein collection.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Forabosco, Girolamo 1605 births 1679 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Venice Italian Baroque painters