CARPI, Girolamo da, history and portrait painter, was born at Ferrara in 1501, and became a disciple of Garofala. When he quitted that master, he devoted his whole time, thoughts, and attention, to study the works of Correggio, and to copy them with a most critical care and observation; in which labour he spent several years at Parma, Modena, and other cities of Italy, where the best works of that exquisite painter were preserved. He acquired such an excellence in the imitation of Correggio's style, and copying his pictures, that many paintings finished by him were taken for originals, and not only admired, but were eagerly purchased by the connoisseurs of that time. Nor is it improbable that several of the paintings of Girolamo da Carpi pass at this day for the genuine work of Correggio himself. He died in 1556.