Girolamo Muziano or Mutiani (c. 1532 – 1592)

• Was an Italian painter.
• He was born in Acquafredda, near Brescia.

• Muziano began work under the tutelage of Romanino, an imitator of Titian.

• He then spent time in Venice until 1549, but moved permanently to Rome about 1550.

• He was known there as Il giovane dei paesi (the young man of the landscapes).

• He painted historical painting in a style based largely on Michelangelo.

• Muziano came to be the leading artist in Rome during the 1570-80s, painting in a style that appealed to Counter-Reformation patrons.

• He worked for Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este from 1560 to 1566.

• Muziano also designed mosaics for the Gregorian Chapel in the basilica, and was responsible for re-founding the Academy of St Luke (Accademia di San Luca) in Rome (1577).

• He died in 1592, and was buried in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore.

• Among his pupils was Paolo Rossetti of Cento and Cesare Nebbia.

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