Pietro Rotari
(1707–1762) Italian painter of Baroque period (1707–1762)
Pietro Rotari (1707–1762) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Pietro Rotari belongs to the chapter ‘Rococo’ in this site’s history of art.
Pietro Rotari was born in Verona and died in Saint Petersburg. Pietro Rotari worked in Verona, Venice, Rome, and Naples. Wikidata associates Pietro Rotari with Veronese school.
The best-known works include ‘A young Woman’, ‘A Young Woman with a Book’, ‘Girl with Needle-work’, and ‘Augustus III and his Family (series)’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 73 works by Pietro Rotari with free images. The dated works span the years 1656–1761. Works by Pietro Rotari are held by several collections, among them Dresdens nationella konstsamlingar, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, and Prints in the National Gallery of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Giambettino Cignaroli, Joseph Wagner, Antoine Favray, Maria Felice Tibaldi-Subleyras, and Louis-Michel van Loo.