Bartolomeo Nazari (May 31, 1693 – August 24, 1758) was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque, mainly active in

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as a portraitist.

Biography

Born in

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, near Bergamo. By 1716, he had become an apprentice under Angelo Trevisani, but visited in 1723 the Roman studio of Angelo's brother, the Venetian

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, and then also studied with

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. Nazari likely knew personally

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, the renowned portraitist from Bergamo, and is described by some as a pupil. He returns to Venice in 1724, and is registered with the ''Fraglia dei Pittori'' by 1726. In 1744, he traveled to

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to paint the

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and his family and other members of the court. In 1756, he was inducted into the newly founded

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of Venice. His son Nazario Nazari was also a painter, as was his daughter

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. Among his patrons were Consul Joseph Smith and the former general

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(who owned over eight diverse portrait paintings). He painted the portraits of a number of operatic singers including Farinelli. 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 Farinelli ( 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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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