Alessandro Varotari
Alessandro Varotari , called Il Padovanino , (born April 4, 1588 in Padua , † July 20, 1649 in Venice ) was an Italian painter of Mannerism and early Venetian Baroque .
Life
Alessandro Varotari was born in Padua, which is what his later stage name Padovanino is based on. He was the son of Dario Varotari the Elder, a local painter, sculptor and architect (1539–1596) and Samaritana, the daughter of Giovan Battista Ponchino. The family had German origins.
In 1614 Varotari moved to Venice, where he worked as a painter and lived until his death. In his early works - such as The Incredibility of St. Thomas (1610; Padua, Santa Lucia) - the artistic influence of Titian is very much reflected. Some of the pictures from this period are downright reproductions of the master. But with increasing experience, Varotari's independent work also gained significantly in importance.
Varotari visited Rome at least twice (around 1610 and 1625) where he studied the works of Michelangelo and Annibale Carracci . There he received orders to copy the works of important artists of the Renaissance and thus earned his living.
Well-known students of Varotari were Pietro Liberi , Giulio Carpioni and Bartolommeo Scaligero , among others .
Works by Varotari can be found in the collections of the Berlin Gemäldegalerie , the Baroque Gallery in the Ludwigsburg Palace and the State Museum Oldenburg .
literature
- CR Nyblom: Padovanino, il, eg. Alessandro Varotari . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 20 : Norrsken – Paprocki . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1914, Sp. 1224 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- A. Holck: Varotari, Alessandro, kaldet Il Padovanino . In: Johannes Brøndum-Nielsen, Palle Raunkjær (ed.): Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon . 2nd Edition. tape 24 : Tyskland – Vertere . JH Schultz Forlag, Copenhagen 1928, p. 571 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
- Varotari, Alessandro . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 34 : Urliens – Vzal . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1940, p. 116-117 .
- Giuseppe Fiocco: Padovanino, Alessandro Varotari, detto il P. In: Enciclopedia Italiana. Rome 1935 ( treccani.it ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Alessandro Varotari in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography of Alessandro Varotari at lib-art.com.
- ^ Union List of Artist Names.
- ↑ Varotari, Alessandro. In: General Artist Lexicon Online. KG Saur, Berlin 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Varotari, Alessandro |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Padovanino |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1588 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Padua |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 20, 1649 |
| Place of death | Venice |