- Bartolomeo Nazari
Bartolomeo Nazari (
May 31 ,1693 -August 24 ,1758 ) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque , mainly active inVenice as a portraitist.Born in
Clusone , nearBergamo . By 1716, he had become an apprentice underAngelo Trevisani , but visited in 1723 the Roman studio of Angelo's brother, the VenetianFrancesco Trevisani , and then also studied withBenedetto Luti . Nazari likely knew personallyFra Galgario , the renown portraitist from Bergamo, and is described by some as a pupil. He returns to Venice in 1724, and is registered with the "Fraglia dei Pittori" by 1726. In 1744, he traveled toFrankfurt to paint theemperor Charles VII and his family and other members of the court. In 1756, he was inducted into the newly foundedAccademia of Venice. His sonNazario Nazari was also a painter. Among his patrons wasConsul Joseph Smith and the former generalJohann Matthias von der Schulenburg (who owned over eight diverse portrait paintings). He painted the portraits of a number of operatic singers includingFarinelli [ [http://www.jan-billington.com/christofellis/en/04_farinelli_gallery.shtml| Farinelli portrait] ] . He died returning fromGenoa , where he had painted the Doge.ources
* "The Nazari-A Forgotten Family of Venetian Portrait Painters", F.J.B. Watson. The Burlington Magazine (1949); page 75-79.
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