Resumen de Testamentum Domini Hieronimi de Rumanis Pictor
A copy of Gerolamo Romanino´s will has been discovered in the archive of the Pio Luogo Casa di Dio in Brescia. The copy was made at the request of the painter´s son to establish ownership of his father´s goods. The document is dated 17 September 1559, which seems to predate Romanino´s death with respect to what has been supposed thus far, since the artist is declared to be infirm, "in lecto".
Apart from its use of standard notarial formulas current in Brescia, the document casts light not only on Romanino´s finances (not in the best of health) but also on members of his family during the last months of his life. Certain passages of the will suggest that Lattanzio Gambara, who was one of the witnesses present, inherited Romanino´s workshop.
