Girolamo da Carpi

Girolamo Da Carpi (1501 - 1556) was the son of an Este?s court painter and decorator in Ferrara (Italy). He became a painter.

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1501 - 1556 - Ferrara - Italy - Painter

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He trained in the studio of a local painter who showed the influence of Lorenzo Costa and Raphael. In the 1520?s Girolamo visited Rome and Bologna and was inspired by the Mannerist style.

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Lorenzo Costa - Raphael - Rome - Bologna - Mannerist

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He returned to Ferrara and collaborated with Dosso Dossi among others on commissions for the d?Este family. Girolamo became the architect to Pope Julius II in 1550 and supervised the remodeling of the Vatican's Villa Belvedere. In Ferrara he was charged of the enlargements of the ducal Castle.

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Dosso Dossi - Pope Julius II - Vatican's

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