McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Carpi (or de Carpi), Girolamo

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Carpi (or de Carpi), Girolamo


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a reputable Italian painter, was born at Ferrara in 1501, studied under B. Garofalo. He painted many fine pictures for the churches of Ferrara and Bologna. At the latter place are his two best pictures one in San Martino Maggiore, of The Adoration of the Magi; and the other in San Salvatore, of The Madonna, with St. Catherine and other saints. He died about 1569. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog., Géneralé, s.v.; Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.