Alessandro Varotari
Alessandro Varotari, called Il Padovanino, ( born April 4, 1588 Padua, † July 20, 1649 in Venice) was an Italian painter of the Mannerist and early Baroque Venetian.
Life
Alessandro Varotari was born in Padua, to which also his later stage name Padovanino based. He was the son of Dario Varotari the Elder, a resident Painters, Sculptors, and Architects (1539 - 1596) and Samaritana, daughter of Giovan Battista Ponchino. The family had German origins.
1614 moved Varotari to Venice, where he worked as a painter and lived until his death. In his early works - such as The Incredulity of St. Thomas (1610, Padua, Santa Lucia) - very strongly reflects the artistic influence of Titian. Some pictures from this period are almost reproductions of the master. But with increasing experience also Varotaris independent works gained significantly in importance.
Varotari visited at least twice Rome (ca. 1610 and 1625), where he studied the works of Michelangelo and Annibale Carracci. He got there orders to copy the works of important artists of the Renaissance and so earned his livelihood.
Known disciple of Varotari have included Pietro Liberi, Giulio Carpioni and Bartolommeo Scaligero.