Girolamo Troppa

{{short description|Italian painter}}

Girolamo Troppa (1637–1710) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, depicting mainly sacred subjects.

He was active in Rome and Umbria. He was a follower of Carlo Maratti. He painted for the church of San Giacomo delle Penitenti, in competition with the son of Giovan Francesco Romanelli. Works attributed to Troppa are also found in Cesi, Narni, and Terni.[http://www.keytoumbria.com/Umbria/Troppa_Girolamo.html key to Umbria] biography. He painted for the church of San Salvatore and the Oratory of San Sebastiano in his native Rocchette, and for the church of San Niccolò (1700) in San Torri in Sabina.[https://books.google.com/books?id=8Yzlyb1oMwMC Indice-guida dei monumenti pagani e cristiani riguardanti l'istoria e l'arte nella provincia dell'Umbria] By Mariano Guardabassi, (1872) page 368. He died in 1710.

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File:Agar ed Ismaele nel deserto salvati dall'Angelo (Girolamo Troppa, XVII secolo, Palazzo Montani, Terni).jpg ed Ismaele nel deserto salvati dall'Angelo (Girolamo Troppa, XVII secolo, Palazzo Montani, Terni)]]

His works include:

  • The Conception after Castelli.
  • Emperor Julian after one of the artists named Pomarancio.
  • Portrait of Louis XIV.

References

  • {{cite book| first=Michael| last=Bryan| year=1889| title=Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical |volume=II L-Z |editor=Walter Armstrong |editor2=Robert Edmund Graves |page=586 | publisher=George Bell and Sons|location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K2cCAAAAYAAJ }}