Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo

Italian · 1480–1548

He is noted for his subtle use of color and chiaroscuro, and for the sober realism of his works, which are mostly religious subjects, with a few portraits.

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The Adoration of the Shepherds

Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo · National Gallery of Art

Who Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo was

Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo, also called Girolamo da Brescia, was an Italian High Renaissance painter active mostly in Venice, although he also worked in other cities in northern Italy. He is noted for his subtle use of color and chiaroscuro, and for the sober realism of his works, which are mostly religious subjects, with a few portraits. His portraits are given interest by their accessories or settings; "some even look like extracts from larger narratives".

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