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Pietro Antonio Rotari (30 September 1707 – 31 August 1762) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Born in Verona, he led a peripatetic career, and died in Saint Petersburg, where he had traveled to paint for the Russian court. His portraits, mostly of women, are renowned for being beautiful and realistic. Rotari's works were generally limited to royal portraits held by notables such as emperors and court ladies.

Pietro Rotari
Rotari's self portrait
Born	Pietro Antonio Rotari 30 September 1707 Verona
Died	31 August 1762(1762-08-31) (aged 55) Saint Petersburg

Biography

He was initially a pupil of Antonio Balestra, but moved and lived in Venice from 1725 to 1727. He then joined the studio of Francesco Trevisani in Rome (1728–1732). Between 1731 and 1734, he worked with Francesco Solimena in Naples. He then returned then to Verona, where he started a studio. In 1750, he had moved to Vienna. In 1756, he was invited to Russia by the court of the Tsarina Elizabetta Petrovna. From there he moved to Dresden and to work with the court of Augustus III of Poland. He returned to St Petersburg to work with the court of Catherine II.[1]

He was much in demand as a portraitist, and painted royal families in Dresden and Saint Petersburg. He also painted the multi-figured altarpieces of the Four Martyrs (1745) for the church of the Ospedale di San Giacomo in Verona. He also painted an altarpiece of San Giorgio tempted to sacricifice to the Idols (1743) for the church of the same name in Reggio-Emilia, and an Annunciation (1738) for the main altar for the church of the Annunziata in Guastalla.[2][3]

References

Notes

Sources

• Farquhar, Maria (1855). Ralph Nicholson Wornum (ed.). Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters. London: Woodfall & Kinder. p. 158.

External links

• Artcyclopedia:Pietro Rotari

На других языках

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[de] Pietro Rotari

Graf Pietro Antonio Rotari (* 30. September 1707 in Verona;[1] † 31. August 1762 in Sankt Petersburg)[2] war ein italienischer Maler. Er war in Italien, Wien, Dresden und als Hofmaler in Sankt Petersburg tätig, wo er vor allem für seine Bildnisse bekannt war.

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- [en] Pietro Rotari

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[es] Pietro Antonio Rotari

Pietro Antonio Rotari (Verona; 1707 - San Petersburgo; 1762) fue un pintor italiano del período barroco.

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[fr] Pietro Rotari

Pietro Antonio Rotari, né le 30 septembre 1707 à Vérone (république de Venise) et mort le 31 août 1762 à Saint-Pétersbourg (Empire russe), est un graveur et peintre vénitien.

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[it] Pietro Rotari

Pietro Antonio Rotari (Verona, 30 settembre 1707 – San Pietroburgo, 31 agosto 1762) è stato un pittore italiano.

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[ru] Ротари, Пьетро

Граф (?) Пье́тро (Пётр) Анто́нио Рота́ри (итал. Pietro Antonio Rotari; 30 сентября 1707 [по другим сведениям 1710], Верона — 31 августа 1762, Санкт-Петербург) — итальянский придворный живописец-портретист, работавший после 1756 года в России.

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