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Girolamo da Santacroce (c. 1480/85 – c. 1556) was a 16th-century

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painter of the

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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

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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

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and

Cima da Conegliano Giovanni Battista Cima, also called Cima da Conegliano (c. 1459 – c. 1517), was an Italian Renaissance painter, who mostly worked in Venice. He can be considered part of the Venetian school, though he was also influenced by Antonello da ...

.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

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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

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'', 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

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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 {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub