Genga trained under Signorelli and Perugino and was an associate of Raphael and of Timoteo Viti. He worked chiefly in his native Urbino and the Marches, but also in Florence, Siena, Rome and Mantua. Although mainly active as a painter, he also worked as an architect towards the end of his life.
Girolamo Genga
1476 - 1551
Paintings by Girolamo Genga
Possibly by Girolamo Genga
In the Middle Ages, the Old Testament prophecy that the Messiah would spring from the family of Jesse, the father of David, was interpreted visually as a family tree. Here, Jesse lies at the base of the tree which grows from his loins. The ancestors of Christ are shown emerging from the branches...
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