Alessandro Varotari was called Padovanino after his birthplace, Padua. He probably trained under Damiano Mazza, who was a follower of Titian. Padovanino settled in Venice in 1614, where he was further influenced by Titian's work. He was summoned to Rome to copy Titian's 'Bacchanals', returning to Venice by 1620.
Padovanino
1588 - 1648
Paintings by Padovanino
After Padovanino
After a female friend boasted of the jewels she owned, Cornelia Africana, a widowed Roman matron and mother of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus (known as the Gracchi), declared her sons to be her jewels. Cornelia educated the boys after their father’s death and they went on to serve as tribunes (power...
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