CARPI, Girolamo da, historical 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 the 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 excellence in the imitation of Correggio's style, and in copying his pictures, that many paintings finished by him were taken for originals, and not only admired, but 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 genuine works of Correggio himself. He died in 1556.