Alessandro Varotari
(1588–1649) painter from Italy (1588-1649)
Alessandro Varotari (1588–1649) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Alessandro Varotari belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Alessandro Varotari was born in Padua and died in Venice. Alessandro Varotari studied under Dario Varotari the Elder. Alessandro Varotari worked in Venice. Wikidata associates Alessandro Varotari with Mannerism. The students included Pietro Liberi, Giulio Carpioni, Pietro della Vecchia, and Dario Varotari the Younger.
The best-known works include ‘Allegory of Astrology’, ‘Cornelia mother of the Gracchi’, and ‘Venus with an Amor’. The works belong mainly to the genre mythological painting. The catalogue has 33 works by Alessandro Varotari with free images. The dated works span the years 1510–1700. Works by Alessandro Varotari are held by several collections, among them Gallerie dell'Accademia, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Dresdens nationella konstsamlingar, and Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Hans van Steenwinckel den yngre, Clara Peeters, Alexander Adriaensen, Nicolaes Eliaszoon Pickenoy, and Claude Déruet.