Girolamo Tessari

Italian painter
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IntroItalian painter
A.K.A.Girolamo Sordi Girolamo Sordo Girolamo Tessari del Santo Padovano Girolamo Padovano Girolamo Sordo del Santo di Padovano
A.K.A.Girolamo Sordi Girolamo Sordo Girolamo Tessari del Santo Padovano Girolamo Padovano Girolamo Sordo del Santo di Padovano
PlacesItaly
wasPainter
Work fieldArts
Gender
Male
Birth1480, Padua, Italy
Death1561Padua, Italy (aged 81 years)
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Girolamo Tessari (c. 1480 – c. 1561), also called Gerolamo or Girolamo dal Santo, was an Italian painter, active in a Renaissance style in his native city of Padua.

Biography

He painted a canvas depicting the Deposition found at the Museo Civico of Padua. 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 Carmine; at the Oratory of the Confraternita del Redentore; in the Chapter Hall of the Abbey of Praglia; and in the main cloister and church of the Abbey of Santa Giustina.

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