Girolamo da Santacroce: A Venetian Master of Imitation and Influence Girolamo da Santacroce (1480 – 1556) stands as a pivotal figure in the Venetian Renaissance, renowned primarily for his prolific output of copies after celebrated masters like Titian and Palma Vecchio. Born in Bergamo, Italy, he embarked on his artistic journey under the tutelage of Gentile Bellini, inheriting from Bellini’s will half of the oriental drawings created…