Pietro rotari biography
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Pietro rotari biography
Pietro Rotari
Italian painter (–)
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| Born | Pietro Antonio Rotari 30 September Verona |
| Died | 31 August () (aged&#;55) Saint Petersburg |
Pietro Antonio Rotari (30 September – 31 August ) 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.
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Biography
He was initially a pupil of Antonio Balestra, but moved and lived in Venice from to He then joined the studio of Francesco Trevisani in Rome (–). Between and , he worked with Francesco Solimena in Naples.
He then returned then to Verona, where he started a studio. In , he had moved to Vienna. In , he was invited to Russia by the court of the Tsarina Elizabetta Petro