GIULIO-ROMANO, the name by which Giulio-Pippi, or rather De Giannuzzi, is commonly known, was born at Rome in 1492, and at an early age distinguished himself as one of the ablest of the pupils of Raphael, whose successor he may justly be considered. He assisted that great master in the celebrated "Battle of Constantine," and other famous frescoes in the Vatican; and with Pinni he completed the frescoes of the Stanza di Costantino in the Vatican after the death of Raphael in 1523. In the following year he entered the service of the duke Federigo Gonzaga at Mantua, where he succeeded in establishing a considerable school, and conducted the various works which that prince had projected for the embellishment of his capital. His talents as an architect would place him among the most eminent of his age in this profession, were it not that his reputation as a painter has eclipsed these. Giulio Romano died at Mantua, November 1, 1546, at the age of forty-seven, leaving numerous works in fresco, and many fine oil paintings, which fully established his fame as
the chief of all Raphael's disciples. He may also fairly be considered the ablest of the Italian ornamental decorators. See PAINTING. (Vasari, Vite de' Pittori, &c., Flor. 1846; Gaye, Carteggio Inedito d' Artisti; Lanzi, Storia Pittorica.)