Bartolomeo Nazari (31 May 1693 – 24 August 1758) was an Italian painter of the late-

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, mainly active in

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as a portraitist.

Biography

Born in

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, near

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. By 1716, he had become an apprentice under Angelo Trevisani, but visited in 1723 the Roman studio of Angelo's brother, the Venetian Francesco Trevisani, and then also studied with

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. Nazari likely knew personally Fra Galgario, the renowned portraitist from Bergamo, and is described by some as a pupil. He returned to Venice in 1724, and was registered with the ''Fraglia dei Pittori'' by 1726. In 1744, he travelled to

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to paint the emperor Charles VII and his family and other members of the court. In 1756, he was inducted into the newly founded Accademia di Belle Arti of Venice. His son Nazario Nazari was also a painter, as was his daughter Maria. Among his patrons were Consul Joseph Smith and the former general Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg (who owned over eight diverse portrait paintings). He painted the portraits of a number of operatic singers including

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. Farinelli portrait
He died in Milan, returning from

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, where he had painted the Doge.

Works

Bartolomeo Nazari - Portrait of Farinelli 1734 - Royal College of Music London.jpg, Portrait of

( Carlo Maria Michelangelo Nicola Broschi)(1705-1782) Ca' Rezzonico Sala del trono ritratto di Gianrinaldo Carli-Rubbi 1749 - Bartolomeo Nazzari.jpg, Gian Rinaldo Carli

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Venice Ca' Rezzonico - Ritratto di Samuel Egerton (1730) - Bartolomeo Nazzari.jpg, Samuel Egerton

Venice File:Nazari Old man in an eastern attire.jpg, ''Old man in an eastern attire'' File:Faustina Bordoni by Nazari.jpg, ''Faustina Bordoni'' Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia - Angelo Maria Querini - Bartolomeo Nazari (Medium resolution).jpg, ''Angelo Maria Quirini''

Sources

* ''The Nazari-A Forgotten Family of Venetian Portrait Painters'', F.J.B. Watson. The Burlington Magazine (1949); page 75-79. *

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nazari, Bartolomeo 1693 births 1758 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Bergamo Rococo painters Italian Baroque painters People from Clusone 18th-century Italian male artists Painters from the Republic of Venice