Alessandro Varotari detto il Padovanino (Padova... Lot n° 19

Alessandro Varotari known as il Padovanino (Padua 1588 - Venice 1649) Madonna and Child Jesus Oil on canvas 66.5 x 50 cm We thank Professor Michele Danieli for confirming the attribution. A son of art, his father Dario was a Veronese-inspired painter, and brother of Chiara Varotari, a distinguished portrait painter of 17th-century Padua. He was a pupil of Damiano Mazza exponent of the Titian tradition. After his debut in his hometown, he moved momentarily to Rome and Venice, where he was enrolled in the Fraglia of painters from 1615 to 1639. In his works, in addition to the influence of Titian, the attention to architectural wings derived from Veronese and, as the years passed, to the dynamism of Palma il Giovane are evident. His formal elegance and painterly softness are enhanced in the mythological scenes characterized by sensual and classical nudes. In many ways, these representations are anticipatory of those that Sebastiano Ricci and Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini would produce a century later. Alessandro Varotari also called il Padovanino (Padua 1588 - Venice 1649) Madonna With Christ Child Oil on canvas 66.5 x 50 cm We thank Professor Michele Danieli for confirming the attribution.