Girolamo D'Auria (1577–1620) was an Italian sculptor, active mainly in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
, Italy. His first name is variously used as Hieronymus, Ieronimo, Hieronimo, Jeronimo, Geronimo or Gerolamo. Girolamo's father,
Giovanni Domenico D'Auria, and
Annibale Caccavello, were pupils of
Giovanni da Nola
Giovanni da Nola (1478–1559), also known as Giovanni Merliano, was an Italian sculptor and architect of the Renaissance, active in Naples.
He was born the son of a leather merchant, in Nola near Naples.
Da Nola moved to Naples where he trained ...
.
[Francesco Abbate, ''Il sodalizio tra Annibale Caccavello e Gian Domenico D'Auria e un'ipotesi per Salvatore Caccavello'', in "Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa", classe di Lettere e Filosofia, ser. 3., vol. 6., 1, 1976.]
his main task was sculpting funereal monuments including some in
Santi Severino e Sossio
The church of Santi Severino e Sossio and the annexed monastery are located on via Bartolommeo Capasso in Naples, Italy.
The church is attached to one of the oldest monasteries in the city, and from 1835 it has housed the State Archives of Naple ...
, the church of
Santa Maria di Monteoliveto, and the monument of Giovanni Alfonso Bisvallo, sculpted in 1617 at
San Severo al Pendino.
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1577 births
1620 deaths
16th-century Italian sculptors
Italian male sculptors
17th-century Italian sculptors
Renaissance sculptors