Benvenuto, whose family name was Trino, a painter of very considerable merit, was born at Garofalo near Ferrara in 1481. After studying at his native city, at Cremona, and afterwards at Mantua, under the leading artists of these cities, he betook himself to Rome where Raphael was then at the height of his glory. The works of that great master, as was natural, affected his style very materially for the rest of his life. His works in his later manner placed him among the first painters of his day, and even now command large prices among connoisseurs. Vasari cites as his masterpieces, a "Massacre of the Innocents," a "Resurrection of Lazarus," and a "Capture of Christ." The same critic also mentions a "Martyrdom of St Peter," which he describes as nowise inferior to the famous painting by Titian on the same subject. Garofalo died in 1559.