Jerome dai Libri

GIROLAMO dai LIBRI. - Painter, b. in Verona in 1474, d. there on 2 July 1555. He began his artistic training under the guidance of his father Francesco, a calligrapher and miniaturist of Gothic taste; later he came under the influence of his fellow citizen Domenico Morone, of Mantegna, and of Montagna, creating for himself an agreeable repertory of somewhat subdued, yet graceful types.

A sure draftsman, he introduced into the Veronese school a new chromatic charm, though without attaining results of profound poetic expression. Most of his works are found in the Museo civico and in the churches of Verona; worthy of mention among them are the Madonna e i santi in S. Paolo di Campo Marzio (1526), the altarpiece of SS. Nazzaro e Celso, and the Madonna in S. Anastasia (1512).

BIBL.: L. di Canossa, La famiglia dei Libri, in Atti dell'Accademia di Verona, 4ª series, 12 (1911), p. 83 ff.; R. Brenzoni, s. v., in Thieme-Becker, XXIII, pp. 188-89; P. D'Ancona, La miniature italienne, Paris-Brussels 1925, p. 60. Alberto Neppi
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“GIROLAMO DAI LIBRI.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), p. 411. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/girolamo-dai-libri.