CARPI, GIROLAMO DA (1501-1556), Italian historical and portrait painter, born at Ferrara, was one of Benvenuto Garofalo's best pupils. He spent several years in copying the works of Correggio, succeeding so well as to be able to dispose of his own works as originals by the master. Da Carpi's best paint ings are a "Descent of the Holy Spirit," in the church of St. Francis at Rovigo; a "Madonna," an "Adoration of the Magi," and a "St. Catharine," at Bologna; and the "St. George" and the "St. Jerome" at Ferrara.