Chiara Varotari

Italian artist (1584–1663)

Chiara Varotari
Self-portrait by Varotari
Born	1584 Padua, Kingdom of Italy
Died	1663 Venice, Kingdom of Italy
Nationality	Italian

Chiara Varotari (1584–1663) was an Italian Baroque painter.

Biography

Varotari was born in Padua. According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD) she was the daughter of Dario Varotari the Elder and the sister of Alessandro Varotari, whom she assisted with his work.^[1] Among her students was Caterina Tarabotti.^[2] She died in Venice.

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References

^ Chiara Varotari in the RKD
^ Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong; Robert Edmund Graves (eds.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical. Vol. II L-Z. London: George Bell and Sons. p. 551.