Girolamo Forabosco or Gerolamo Forabosco (1605 – 23 January 1679) was an Italian painter of the

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period. He was active in Padua and his birthplace of

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, where he was enrolled in the Venetian ''Fraglia dei Pittori'' between 1634–39 and paid taxes in Venice from 1640-44. He was a pupil of

Alessandro Varotari Alessandro Leone Varotari (4 April 1588 – 20 July 1649), also commonly known as Il Padovanino, was an Italian painter of the late-Mannerist and early- Baroque Venetian school, best known for having mentored Pietro Liberi, Giulio Carpioni, and ...

(il Padovanino), and influenced in Venice by

Bernardo Strozzi Bernardo Strozzi, named il Cappuccino and il Prete Genovese (c. 1581 – 2 August 1644) was an Italian Baroque painter and engraver. A canvas and fresco artist, his wide subject range included history, allegorical, genre and portrait paintin ...

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and

Pietro Bellotto Pietro Bellotti (1625–1700) was an Italian painter active in the Baroque period. Life and Work Bellotti was born in Volciano di Salò in 1627 (1625 according to Orlandi), he gained fame as a painter of portraits and heads of characters. He was ...

were among his pupils. He died in

Padua Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...

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Web gallery of ArtDavid with head of Goliath from Liechtenstein collection.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Forabosco, Girolamo 1605 births 1679 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Venice Italian Baroque painters