Girolamo Savoldo, also called Girolamo da Brescia (c. 1480-1485 – after 1548) was an Italian High Renaissance painter lively mostly in Venice, although he after that worked in further cities in northern Italy. He is noted for his subtle use of color and chiaroscuro, and the moderate realism of his works, which are mostly religious subjects, with a few portraits, which are solution interest by their garnishing or settings, “some even look like extracts from larger narratives”.
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 finished by others. But he slipped from general awareness, and many of his works were assigned to more well-known artists, especially Giorgione, by the art trade. Awareness of him revived in the 19th century, though the dating of many paintings remains controversial accompanied by specialists.
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