Girolamo D'Auria
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Girolamo D'Auria (1577–1620) was an Italian sculptor, active mainly in
Naples Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...
, Italy. His first name is variously used as Hieronymus, Ieronimo, Hieronimo, Jeronimo, Geronimo or Gerolamo. Girolamo's father,
Giovanni Domenico D'Auria Domenico Auria (active 16th century) was an Italian architect and sculptor of the Renaissance period, active in Naples Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and ...
, 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 traine ...
.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 Naples ...
, 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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{{DEFAULTSORT:DAuria, Girolamo 1577 births 1620 deaths 16th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors 17th-century Italian sculptors Artists from the Kingdom of Naples