Girolamo da Treviso (

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, 1498 –

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, September 10, 1544), also known as Girolamo di Tommaso da Treviso the Younger and Girolamo Trevigi, was an Italian

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sculptor and painter in Henry VIII's court in

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Biography

Born in

, to a Tommaso. The identity of Girolamo da Treviso the Elder, remains unclear. He was likely not a pupil of Pier Maria Pennacchi, as supposed in the 19th century. Stylistically, Girolamo is associated with ''Giorgionismo'' and the continuation of Giorgione's style, and, while working in

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during the 1520s, the influence of Raphael's St. Cecilia. Besides working in Bologna, which included sculptural decoration on the portal of San Petronio and

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paintings inside, he also worked in

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, Trent, and at the Palazzo del Te in

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Giorgio Vasari Giorgio Vasari (30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian Renaissance painter, architect, art historian, and biographer who is best known for his work ''Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects'', considered the ideol ...

, in his ''

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'', writes that Girolamo traveled to England to work as a military engineer for

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. He also worked as a painter there, ''A Protestant Allegory'' in the

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shows the Pope on the ground being pelted with large stones by various figures. Girolamo was working as an engineer for Henry when killed by a cannon shot during the Siege of Boulogne in 1544.Vasari (1996): 889.

Gallery

image:Girolamo da Treviso - Sleeping Venus - WGA09520.jpg, ''Sleeping Venus'' File:Girolamo da Treviso - Isaac bénissant Jacob.jpg, ''Isaac blessing Jacob'',

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. image:Interno chiesa della Commenda.JPG, Frescoes in church of Church of the Commenda, Faenza

Notes

References

Primary Sources

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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, by Giorgio Vasari

Secondary Sources

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External links

Two works by Girolamo da Treviso at the National Gallery, London
1498 births 1544 deaths Republic of Venice sculptors Artists from Treviso 16th-century Italian painters 16th-century Italian sculptors Italian male painters Italian Renaissance painters Immigrants to England {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub