[Born at Garofalo, 1481. Died at Ferrara, in Italy, 1559. Aged 78.]
A distinguished painter of the Ferrarese school. The sight of
Raffaelle’s works, in the Sistine Chapel, determined him to follow art,
and he became a friend of the great artist himself, though in style most
unlike him--brilliant but mannered. On festival days it was his custom
to work without payment at a convent in Ferrara, “for the love of God.”
Blind for the last few years of his life--cheerful in disposition, and
resigned under affliction.
[By Massimiliano Laboureur. In the Louvre are two portraits said to be
of Garofalo, but they are of doubtful authenticity. This bust is
probably done from a picture.]