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Girolamo Da Carpi (1501 - 1556) was the son of an Este’s court painter and decorator in Ferrara (Italy). He became a painter. Events Alexander becomes King of Poland. ... Events January 16 - Abdication of Emperor Charles V. His son, Philip II becomes King of Spain, while his brother Ferdinand becomes Holy Roman Emperor January 23 - The Shaanxi earthquake, the deadliest earthquake in history, occurs with its epicenter in Shaanxi province, China. ... Ferrara, a town, an archiepiscopal see and a province in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. ... A painter is a person who paints woodwork, walls, etc. ...


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. Self-portrait by Raphael. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1... Bologna (from Latin Bononia, Bulaggna in the local dialect) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, between the Po River and the Apennines. ... Mannerism is the usual English term for an approach to all the arts, particularly painting but not exclusive to it, a reaction to the High Renaissance, emerging after the Sack of Rome in 1527 shook Renaissance confidence, humanism and rationality to their foundations, and even Religion had split apart. ...


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. Categories: People stubs | 1490 births | 1542 deaths ... Pope Julius II Julius II, né Giuliano della Rovere (December 5, 1443 - February 21, 1513), was pope from 1503 to 1513. ...


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Girolamo da Carpi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (325 words)
Girolamo Da Carpi (1501 - 1556) (erroneously spelled Giralomo in 1911 EB) was the son of a painter and decorator in the Court of the Duke of Este in Ferrara (Italy).
Girolamo became the architect to Pope Julius III in 1550 and supervised the remodeling of the Vatican's Belvedere.
Da Carpi's paintings include a 'Descent of the Holy Spirit', in the church of St Francis at Rovigo; a Madonna, an 'Adoration of the Magi', and a St. Catharine, at Bologna; and the St. George and the St. Jerome, at Ferrara.
carpus - Search Results - MSN Encarta (149 words)
Carpi, Girolamo da (1501-1556), Italian painter, originally known as Girolamo de' Sellari.
Da Carpi was born in Ferrara and studied under Benvenuto...
Carpi, Ugo da (1455?-1523?), Italian wood engraver, named for the town near Modena where he was born.
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