GIOLFINO, Italian family of artists
The founder of the Veronese family of artists was Guglielmo (d. 1420). Follows Bartolomeo (c. 1410-c.1486), sculptor who was first in touch with the Venetian Gothic art (sculptures in Colognola al Piano and Colognola ai Colli, 1433). In the altar (1470, now in the Academy of Venice) he appears closer to the Florentines, especially to Pietro Lamberti. But the most well-known representative of the family is Niccolò, painter (1476-1555), belonging to the Liberali school, which keeps the Gothic trends. Typical of him are the fresco cycle in the church of San Bernardino church (1500-1522) and the Madonna del Gelsomino (Museo di Castelvecchio). Later he was influenced by the art of Lorenzo Lotto and Romanino: noteworthy are the Allegories (Castelvecchio Museum) and the frescoes in Santa Maria dell'Organo in Verona.
