Giuseppe Varotti
Giuseppe Varotti (Bologna, 1715- Bologna, 1780) was an Italian painter, active depicting sacred and historical subjects in a late-Baroque or Rococo style.[1]
Mercury leads goddesses to the judgement of the Trojan prince, Paris
Biography
He trained with his father, Pier Paolo Varotti (1686-1732), a follower of Giuseppe Maria Crespi. Giuseppe Varotti painted a St Roch once in the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Carpi. One of his pupils was Jacopo Alessandro Calvi (1740-1815).[2]
References
- ↑ Gli artisti italiani e stranieri negli stati estensi catalogo storico ... By Giuseppe Campori, pages 481.
- ↑ Memorie originali italiane risguardanti le belle arti, Volume 1, 1846, by Michelangelo Gualandi, M.G., page 28.
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