Girolamo Ambrogio Figino. Girolamo Figino was an Italian Renaissance painter from Milan, primarily active during the mid-16th century.
A relatively lesser-known figure in the context of Italian Renaissance art, Figino's work is often associated with the Lombard school, a regional tradition influenced by both Venetian and Roman styles. While little is definitively known about his early life, Figino likely received his artistic training in Milan, a city that was at the time a crossroads of various artistic influences.
His work shows the imprint of Venetian masters such as Titian and Veronese, blending the rich color and dramatic use of light characteristic of Venetian painting with the more linear and restrained approach typical of Lombard art. Figino’s artistic career unfolded during a period of significant cultural and political change in Italy.
Milan was under the control of the Spanish Habsburgs, which had a profound influence on the region’s artistic and intellectual life. Like many of his contemporaries, Figino was influenced by the evolving style of the High Renaissance, but he also worked within the context of the emerging Mannerist aesthetic, which sought to break from the harmonious proportions and idealized forms of the earlier Renaissance in favor of more elongated forms, intricate compositions, and a heightened emphasis on elegance and complexity.
Figino's work reflects this transition, w