GIOLFINO, Niccolò

Italian painter, part of a family of artists. He belonged to the Liberali school. Typical of him are the frescoGLOSSARYWall painting technique in which pigments are applied to wet (fresh) plaster (intonaco). The pigments bind with the drying plaster to form a very durable image. Only a small area can be painted in a day, and these areas, drying to a slightly different tint, can in time be seen. Small amounts of retouching and detail work could be carried out on the dry plaster, a technique known as a secco 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.