Bartolomeo Passarotti or Passerotti (1529–1592) was an Italian painter of the
mannerist
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period, who worked mainly in his native
Bologna
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. His family name is also spelled Passerotti or Passarotto.
Life and work
From approximately 1550 to 1555, he lived in Rome, where he worked under
Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and
Taddeo Zuccari. Upon returning to Bologna, he established a large studio and, from 1564 to 1565, was engaged in painting a large altarpiece for the
Basilica of San Giacomo Maggiore. In his later work, he turned to
Tuscan models, such as
Giorgio Vasari
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and
Prospero Fontana. His last known work was ''The Presentation of Mary in the Temple'', from 1583, now at the
Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna.
He influenced many Bolognese who would later play a role in the rise of the Baroque.
Annibale Carracci
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(whose brother
Agostino studied with Passerotti) was influenced by Passerotti's
genre
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scenes in a select set of paintings (such as ''
The Beaneater'' and ''
The Butcher's Shop'', the latter being originally attributed to Passerotti).
Lucio Massari and
Francesco Brizzi were among his pupils. Three of Passerotti's sons, including Ventura (1566–1618), Aurelio (1560–1609) and
Tiburzio, were painters.
Selected works
File:Bartolomeo Passarotti - The fish stall.jpg, ''The Fish Stall''
File:Bartolomeo Passarotti - Lezione di anatomia.jpg, ''Anatomy Lesson''
File:Bartolomeo Passerotti - Madona do Silêncio.jpg, ''The Madonna of Silence''
File:Bartolomeo Passarotti - Three men with two dogs.jpeg, ''Three Men and Two Dogs'', 1529
Sources
* Angela Ghirardi, ''Bartolomeo Passerotti. Pittore (1529-1592)'' Catalogo generale, Rimini, Luisè Editore, 1990,
* Angela Ghirardi, "PASSEROTTI, Bartolomeo", in, ''Dizionario biografico degli italiani'', vol. 81, Roma, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2014
* Corinna Höper, ''Bartolomeo Passarotti (1529-1592)'', 2 Bde., Worms 1987
* Jürgen Müller, Das Geheimnis der unsichtbaren Schwelle. Bartolomeo Passerottis ''Allegra compagnia'' als Gemeinschaft von Toren, in: ''Kunstchronik'' 75/4 (2022), S. 182-199.
External links
''A Caravaggio Rediscovered, The Lute Player'' an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Passarotti (see cat. no. 11)
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1529 births
1592 deaths
16th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Painters from Bologna
Italian Mannerist painters