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

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

, mainly active in

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

as a portraitist.

Biography

Born in Clusone, near

Bergamo Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...

. By 1716, he had become an apprentice under

Angelo Trevisani Angelo Trevisani (1669 – after 1753) was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque, active mainly in Venice. He was born in Venice (or possibly Capodistria), the younger brother of Francesco Trevisani who was born in Capodistria, and who painted ...

, but visited in 1723 the Roman studio of Angelo's brother, the Venetian

Francesco Trevisani 200px, ''Portrait of Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni ''by Francesco Trevisani. The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham">Barnard_Castle.html" ;"title="Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle">Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham, England. Frances ...

, and then also studied with Benedetto Luti. Nazari likely knew personally

Fra Galgario Fra’ Galgario (4 March 1655 – December 1743), born Giuseppe Vittore Ghislandi, and also called ''Fra’ Vittore del Galgario'', was an Italian painter, mainly active in Bergamo as a portraitist during the Rococo or late- Baroque period. Bio ...

, 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 Frankfurt 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 Nazario Nazari (1724 – after 1793) was an Italian painter, active in a late-Baroque or Rococo style, in and around Venice. Nazario was well known as a portraitist of aristocratic officials of the Republic of Venice. Early life He was bo ...

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

Farinelli Farinelli (; 24 January 1705 – 16 September 1782) was the stage name of Carlo Maria Michelangelo Nicola Broschi (), a celebrated Italian castrato singer of the 18th century and one of the greatest singers in the history of opera. Farinelli h ...

. Farinelli portrait
He died in Milan, returning from Genoa, 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 Farinelli (; 24 January 1705 – 16 September 1782) was the stage name of Carlo Maria Michelangelo Nicola Broschi (), a celebrated Italian castrato singer of the 18th century and one of the greatest singers in the history of opera. Farinelli ...

)(1705-1782) Ca' Rezzonico Sala del trono ritratto di Gianrinaldo Carli-Rubbi 1749 - Bartolomeo Nazzari.jpg,

Gian Rinaldo Carli Gian Rinaldo Carli (1720–1795), also known by other names, was an Italian economist, historian, and antiquarian. Name "Gian Rinaldo Carli" is the modern Italian form of his name, which may also appear as "Gianrinaldo Carli" or "Gian-Rinaldo ...

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