Girolamo Tessari ( c. 1480 – c. 1561), also called Gerolamo Tessari or Girolamo dal Santo, was an

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painter, active in a

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style in his native city of

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Biography

He painted a

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depicting the ''Deposition'' found at the

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. Among his many works in Padua are a number of fresco decorations, including frescoes at the Scuola and Antisacristy of the Basilica of Sant'Antonio da Padova; in the apse of the Church of Santa Maria in Vanzo (painted circa 1520); at the chapel of Santa Maria in the church of San Francesco, at the Scuoletta del

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; at the Oratory of the Confraternita del Redentore; in the Chapter Hall of the

Abbey of Praglia Praglia Abbey ( it, Abbazia di Praglia) is a Benedictine monastery in the frazione of Bresseo in Teolo, Province of Padua, Italy. It is located at the foot of the Euganean Hills, some 12 kilometers southwest of Padua, and four kilometers from Abano ...

; and in the main cloister and church of the

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.Lega Ambiente di Padova
short biography.

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