Bartolomeo Passarotti or Passerotti (1529–1592) was an Italian painter of the

mannerist Mannerism, which may also be known as Late Renaissance, is a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520, spreading by about 1530 and lasting until about the end of the 16th century in Ita ...

period, who worked mainly in his native

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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

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and

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. Upon returning to Bologna, he established a large studio and, from 1564 tp 1565, was engaged in painting a large altarpiece for the

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. In his later work, he turned to Tuscan models, such as

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and

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. His last known work was ''The Presentation of Mary in the Temple'', from 1583, now at the

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. He influenced many Bolognese who would later play a role in the rise of the Baroque. Annibale Carracci (whose brother Agostino studied with Passerotti) was influenced by Passerotti's

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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).

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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) {{DEFAULTSORT:Passerotti, Bartolomeo 1529 births 1592 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Bologna Mannerist painters