Girolamo Baruffaldi (10 July 1740 – 2 February 1817) was an Italian historian who wrote a biography of artists active in Ferrara.

Biography

Born in Ferrara, he studied initially with the Jesuit institute in Novellara, entered the order, and was busy in preaching and teaching rhetoric when the order was suppressed in 1773. He returned to his native city and, noted for his scholastic knowledge, became the librarian for the public library, permanent secretary of the Accademia Ariostea, and prefect of local education. He established religious guilds in Ferrara for artists and other citizens. He died impoverished.[1]

Works

Notes

  1. ^ Dizionario biografico universale, Volume 1, compiled by Gioacchino Maria Olivier-Poli, Naples (1824); page 186-187.