Giovanni Gerolamo Savoldo  also called Girolamo da Brescia, c. (1480 - 1548 or after)

• Was an Italian High Renaissance painter.
• He was mostly active in Venice, also worked in other cities in northern Italy.
• He is noted for his subtle use of color and chiaroscuro, and the sober realism of his works.
• His works are mostly religious subjects, with a few portraits.
• About 40 paintings are known in all, six of them portraits; only a handful of drawings are known.

• He was highly regarded in his own lifetime, and several repetitions of works were commissioned, and copies done by others.

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