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

  1. ↑ Gli artisti italiani e stranieri negli stati estensi catalogo storico ... By Giuseppe Campori, pages 481.
  2. ↑ Memorie originali italiane risguardanti le belle arti, Volume 1, 1846, by Michelangelo Gualandi, M.G., page 28.