Chiara Varotari

Chiara Varotari
Self-portrait by Varotari
Born 1584
Padua, Kingdom of Italy
Died 1663
Venice, Kingdom of Italy
Nationality Italy
Portrait of a Lady (Pantasilea Dotto Capodilista), ca. 1630

Chiara Varotari (1584–1663) was an Italian Baroque painter.

Biography

Varotari was born in Padua. According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD) she was the daughter of Dario Varotari the Elder and the sister of Alessandro Varotari, whom she assisted with his work.[1] Among her students was Caterina Tarabotti.[2] She died in Venice.

References

  1. ↑ Chiara Varotari in the RKD
  2. ↑ Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves, ed. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. p. 551.
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