- Girolamo Romani
Girolamo Romani (Romanino) (c. 1485 – c. 1566) was an Italian High Renaissance painter of
Venice and the region of Lombardy, nearBrescia . His long career brought forth different styles.Biography
Romani's early training and life is not well-documented. A
Quattrocento -esque "Pieta", painted for the church of "San Lorenzo" of Brescia, dated from 1510 is present in theAccademia . He took up residence in Venice in his twenties, at the latest by 1513. He was commissioned to complete a "Madonna enthroned with four saints" for the church ofSan Giustina inPadua in 1513 [Museo Civico, Padua] . The coloration of the painting is of Venetian style, but the dullervisage s in bejeweled setting recalls styles of previous generations.Romanino completed four frescoes in the
nave of the cathedral ofCremona in 1519-1520 depicting stories of the "Passion of Christ". His paintings have eclectic influences using Venetian coloration with Florentine-Lombard modeling. In the Cremona frescoes, the Lombard influence ofAltobello Melone is strong, in the narrative and decorative elements of the fresco [Freedberg SJ. p 363] . By 1521, Romanino was replaced byPordenone in the decoration of the church.He then returned to
Brescia to work (1521-1524) withAlessandro Bonvicino in the decoration of the "Cappella del Sacramento" in "San Giovanni Evangelista". His "St. Matthew and the Angel" depicts the apostle at work under candlelight, and represents one of the first such nocturnes in Italian painting, a device which Correggio and Cambiaso would soon pursue [ [http://artyzm.com/e_obraz.php?id=244 "St. Matthew and the Angel" from S. Giovanni Evangelista".] ] . He also helped decorate thePalazzo Averoldi .In 1531 to 1532, he worked with
Dosso Dossi in fresco decoration of Castel Buonconsiglio inTrento . He completed organ shutters for the church of Asola on "Augustus and the sibyl", and "Sacrifice of Isaac". He died between 1559-1561. His main pupils were his son-in-lawLattanzio Gambara ,Girolamo Muziano , andStefano Rosa [ [http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=&role=&nation=&subjectid=500025221|Getty Museum Biography] ] . He is also known to have influenced artists such asGiulio Campi [ [http://www.artnet.com/library/01/0135/T013517.asp In Campi's early work, "Virgin and Child with SS Nazarius and Celsus" (1527; Cremona, S Abbondio)] ]Anthology of Works
References
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