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Alessandro Varotari
Padovanino in Het Gulden Cabinet.
Born
Alessandro Leone Varotari

(1588-04-04)4 April 1588
Padua
Died20 July 1649(1649-07-20) (aged 61)
Venice
NationalityItalian
Known forPainting
MovementMannerism

Alessandro Leone Varotari (4 April 1588 – 20 July 1649), also commonly known as Il Padovanino, was an Italian painter of the late-

Venetian school, best known for having mentored Pietro Liberi, Giulio Carpioni, and Bartolommeo Scaligero.[1]
He was the son of Dario Varotari the Elder and the brother of painter Chiara Varotari, who accompanied him on his travels and assisted with his work.[2][3]

Biography

Born in

Basilica of San Marco. In the following years he worked on decorating the interior of the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore. In 1625 he made another trip to Rome.[8] He painted a major battle canvas entitled The victory of the Carnuti (Celts) over the Normans.[9]
His pupils included Pietro Liberi, Bartolomeo Scaliger, Pietro della Vecchia, Giulio Carpioni and his own son, Dario Varotari the Younger. His sister Chiara Varotari was a well known portraitist. Among his students was Caterina Tarabotti.[10]

Style

Padovanino was a highly respected artist in his time. Although he had earned much of his fame due to his talents as a copyist, he still deserves a place in the history of painting. He had learned painting in the style of Titian, to whose spirit and style he was faithful throughout his career. His career lasted well into the seventeenth century. His paintings are characterized for their narrative ability and their sensuality.[7]

  • Padovanino's paintings
  • Venus and Cupid
    Venus and Cupid
  • Venus and Mars Surprised by Vulcan
    Venus and Mars Surprised by Vulcan
  • Rape of Europa
    Rape of
    Europa
  • Venus sleeping with angels
    Venus sleeping with angels
  • Orfeus
    Orfeus
  • Mars and Venus playing Chess
    Mars and Venus playing Chess

References

  1. ^ "Getty Museum entry". Getty.edu. 2002-08-21. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
  2. RKD
  3. ^ "Padovanino (1588 - 1648) | National Gallery, London".
  4. ^ In the church of Santa Lucia in Padua.
  5. ^ In the Duomo of Padua.
  6. ^ In the Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice.
  7. ^ a b Titian Remade: Repetition and the Transformation of Early Modern Italian Art. p. 5. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
  8. ^ "Alessandro Varotari, gen. Il Padovanino". Sternburg-stiftung.de. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
  9. Brera Gallery
    , Milan
  10. ^ Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong; Robert Edmund Graves (eds.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical. Vol. II L-Z. London: George Bell and Sons. p. 551.

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