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Girolamo Da Carpi (1501 - 1556) was the son of an Estes court painter and decorator in Ferrara (Italy). He became a painter.
He trained in the studio of a local painter who showed the influence of Lorenzo Costa and Raphael. In the 1520s Girolamo visited Rome and Bologna and was inspired by the Mannerist style. He returned to Ferrara and collaborated with Dosso Dossi among others on commissions for the dEste family. Girolamo became the architect to Pope Julie II in 1550 and supervised the remodeling of the Vaticans Villa Belvedere. In Ferrara he was charged of the enlargements of the ducal Castle.
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