Chiara Varotari
Chiara Varotari (1584–1663) was an Italian Baroque painter.
Chiara Varotari | |
|---|---|
 Self-portrait by Varotari | |
| Born | 1584 |
| Died | 1663 Venice, Kingdom of Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
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Portrait of a Lady (Pantasilea Dotto Capodilista), ca. 1630
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.
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References
- Chiara Varotari in the RKD
- Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong; Robert Edmund Graves (eds.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical. Vol. II L-Z. London: George Bell and Sons. p. 551.
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