Rotari
Pietro Rotari
1707-1762
Veronese-Venetian School. Born 1707; died 1762. He studied first under Balestra, in whose footsteps he followed to Venice, Rome, and Naples, learning from Piazzetta, Trevisani, and Solimena. Dependence upon these last two masters is shown in his altarpieces. It was in painting heads of young girls that he developed a more original style. Primarily for this genre and for his excellent work in portraiture he was called to the court of Vienna in 1750; then to the court of Dresden; and finally, in 1756, to the court of St. Petersburg, where he remained until his death, painting an amazing number of fanciful heads on imperial commission, aside from many portraits. He exerted a marked influence on Russian painting of the time, intensifying its pale colors and introducing a preference for healthy, robust figure types.
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