Girolamo Nanni was a 17th century Italian

Italy

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 painter of the Baroque

Baroque

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 period, active mainly in Rome

Rome

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. According to Baldinucci's Notizie Girolamo Nanni Romano, also called il Poco e Buono (few and good). He is known to have frescoed in the chapel of the church of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme

Santa Croce in Gerusalemme

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 and in the chapel of the Assumption of the Virgin in Santa Caterina dei Funari

Santa Caterina dei Funari

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. He painted in the chapel of the Sancta Sanctorum (Chapel of St. Lawrence) in the Lateran Palace

Lateran Palace

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