Girolamo da Santacroce (c. 1480/85 – c. 1556) was a 16th-century
Italian painter of the
Renaissance
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period, active mainly in
Venice
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and the Venetian mainland.
[Brief Bio of Girolamo da Santa Croce]
at the National Gallery
Life and work
Girolamo da Santacroce was born in
Bergamo
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, Italy.
[ He became in Venice a pupil of the painter ]Gentile Bellini
Gentile Bellini (c. 1429 – 23 February 1507) was an Italian painter of the school of Venice. He came from Venice's leading family of painters, and at least in the early part of his career was more highly regarded than his younger brother Giova ...
. On Gentile's death in 1507, Santacroce was left in Gentile's will half of the Oriental drawings made be Gentile. Santacroce then most likely worked as an assistant in the workshops of Giovanni Bellini
Giovanni Bellini (; c. 1430 – 26 November 1516) was an Italian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters. He was raised in the household of Jacopo Bellini, formerly thought to have been his father ...
and Cima da Conegliano.[Anchise Tempestini. "Santacroce, Girolamo da." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 30 March 2016]
He was a prolific artist and many of his works are signed and dated. He produced many copies after the works of the leading Venetian masters. His work shows the influence of Titian
Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italians, Italian (Republic of Venice, Venetian) painter of the Renaissance, considered the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school (art), ...
and Palma Vecchio
Palma Vecchio (c. 1480 – 30 July 1528), born Jacopo Palma, also known as Jacopo Negretti, was a Venetian painter of the Italian High Renaissance. He is called Palma Vecchio in English and Palma il Vecchio in Italian ("Palma the Elder") to di ...
.[
He is represented at the Musei Civici of Vicenza by a ''Madonna con il Bambino tra i santi Cosma e Damiano(?)''Musei Civici Vicenza]
It is unclear if he is related to a sculptor named Girolamo Santacroce
Girolamo Santacroce (c. 1502 – c. 1537) was a 16th-century Italian sculptor and medalist of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. i ...
in Naples.
Gallery
File:The Annunciation - Girolamo da Santacroce.jpg, ''The Annunciation'', circa 1540
File:Chiesa di San Zulian - Incoronazione della Vergine con San Vito, San Giuliano l'ospitaliere e San Girolamo - Girolamo da Santacroce.jpg, ''Coronation of the Virgin
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'' ''with Saints Vitus
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, Julian the Hospitaller, and Hieronymus
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* Albanian: Jeronimi
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''
File:Girolamo da santacroce, resurrezione, 01.jpg, ''Resurrection''
File:Girolamo da santacroce, ultima cena, 1549, 02.jpg, '' Last Supper'', 1549
File:Gerolamo-da-Santacroce-Madonna-con-il-Bambino-il-donatore-e-i-santi-2°-decennio-del-XVI-sec.-Rovigo-Pinacoteca-dellAccademia-dei-Concordi.-768x585.jpg, ''Madonna and Child with the Donor among Saints John the Baptist
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, Francis
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, Hieronymus, and Sebastian
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...
''
File:Francesco da santacroce, madonna in trono col bambino tra i ss. girolamo e zaccaria, 1507, 03.jpg, ''Madonna Enthroned with Child between Saints Hieronymus and'' '' Zacharias'', 1507
File:Francesco da santacroce, madonna in trono col bambino tra i ss. girolamo e zaccaria, 1507, 05.jpg, ''Madonna Enthroned with Child'' detail
File:Francesco da santacroce, madonna in trono col bambino tra i ss. girolamo e zaccaria, 1507, 06.jpg, ''Madonna Enthroned with Child'' detail
Secondary sources
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References
External links
1480s births
1550s deaths
15th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
16th-century Italian painters
Italian Renaissance painters
Painters from Venice
Year of birth uncertain
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