LIVES OF ST. PAUL AND ST. PETER

Girolamo Danti, the brother of the better known sculptor and architect, Vincenzo, and the mapmaker, Ignazio, was an important representative of later mannerism and, like Vincenzo, his style was inspired by the dictates of Michelangelo. The sacristy frescoes, which sources attribute to Girolamo, and can be dated at about 1574, are evidence of a knowledgeable assimilation of the teaching of Buonarroti in the powerful and vigorous representation of the figures. The scenes present a lively narrative rhythm as they recount stories from the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul drawn from the Acts of the Apostles. Starting from the door, and moving clockwise, the scenes illustrate: the Death of Ananias, The Flight of Paul and Barnabas from the Believers who thought them Gods, St .Peter’s Vision of the Holy Shroud, The Baptism of the centurion Cornelius, The Baptism of Saul. Girolamo also prepared other works, unfortunately now lost, for the Benedictine community of Perugia, such as the paintings for the “new room? and the paintings “over the chamber”. The sacristy cycle is a strong point in the reconstruction of the catalogue of this master, which is at present incomplete. Another painting attributed to Girolamo is The Adoration of the Shepherds in the church of San Domenico in Gubbio.