Bartolomeo Passarotti

Schede di catalogo: Pittore modenese, Stemma di Cesare d’Este; Lodovico Vedriani, Historia dell’antichissima città di Modona; Ambito di Bartolomeo Passerotti, I Cesari; Progetti per il giardino ducale e il “Barco”, Progetto per il giardino ducale, in "Mutina Splendidissima. La città romana e la sua eredità", catalogo della mostra, Modena, Foro Boario, 25 novembre 2017-8 aprile 2018, a cura di L. Malnati, S. Pellegrini, F. Piccinini, C. Stefani, Roma, De Luca Editori d’Arte, pp. 537-542

The author discusses four unpublished or little known paintings in the Galleria Estense in Modena, attributable to Bartolomeo Passerotti and to his son Tiburzio. The first, a Portrait of a man, is still referred to an anonymous Lombard artist, but has all the typical stylistic characteristics of Bartolomeo, a famous specialist in the genre of the portrait. The second, a Magdalene, opens to the hypothesis of Parmigianino’s influence during the first period of the Bartolomeo's career, which is still unclear.
The third painting, representing Judith, has been extensively altered in its shape, and attributed to various painters, from Dosso Dossi to Giovanni Battista Del Moro, but belongs to Tiburzio Passerotti, and it can be dated shortly after his Venetian sojourn. The last painting, a Holy Family, belongs to the late phase of Tiburzio himself, in the first decade of the 17th century.

24/03/2022 - Comunichiamo che è disponibile il seguente libro:
A. Ugolini - Repertorio della Pittura a Bologna 1460/1580 - ed. EBS Print - Lesmo 2022 - 719 pagine - ISBN 9791259685049.
Si tratta di un testo cartaceo proposto su numerose librerie online.
Sono presenti in Allegato alcune pagine iniziali in PDF.
La sintesi promozionale in controcopertina ricorda che sono elencati oltre 3000 dipinti dotati ciascuno di un riferimento bibliografico; le riproduzioni di vario tipo sono più di 400; le attribuzioni nuove o poco note sono oltre 100.
Le novità riguardano: C. Baglione - G. Borghese - D. Calvart - Agostino Carracci - G.B. Cavalletto - S. Cavalletto - B. Cesi - G.A. Chiodarolo - L. Fontana - P. Fontana - Giacomo Francia - Giulio Francia - Innocenzo da Imola - L. Magnanini detto Fiorino - G. Marchesi - Michele di Matteo - G.A. Paganino - B. Passerotti - F. Pinariccio - A. Pirri - C. Procaccini - E. Procaccini - G.B. Ramenghi - P. de Kempeneer - L. Sabatini - O. Samacchini - D. Tibaldi - T. Vincidor - Maestro della Maddalena Assunta - Maestro della Madonna Parrish - Maestro detto Pseudo Passerotti - Maestro di San Giacinto - Maestro di Castel Bolognese - Maestro detto Amico Friulano del Dosso - Maestro del Sant'Eustachio Figdor.
L'autore si ripropone di menzionare, in una seconda edizione, quei lettori che abbiano segnalato aggiornamenti, in particolare per dipinti omessi o inediti.

The present list of anonymous paintings, created between 1540 and 1580 by Bolognese painters, completes PICTRIX research. Some specific chapters are still missing, such as addenda and corrigenda, and lists of immigrant artists and emigrated pictures. In these years, artists’ nationality becomes harder to spot, and works from “uncertain town” (città incerta) are numerous. According to the present research criteria, several paintings do not enter, such as: A) works of ancillary style, if compared to the art of documented artists; B) works of identical style, if compared to other anonymous ones (forming large or small “maestro” groups).

no. 6.6.1: Federico Barocci, Die Verkündigung; no. 6.6.4: Ugo da Carpi, Diogenes; no. 6.6.7: Battista Franco, Der Tag (Giorno); no. 6.6.17: Lelio Orsi, Die Erschaffung der Welt; no. 6.6.20: Parmigianino, Mariä Himmelfahrt; no. 6.6.21: Parmigianino, Die Auferstehung Christi; no. 6.6.22: Bartolomeo Passarotti, Die persische Sibylle; no. 6.6.23: Perino del Vaga, Der heilige Georg mit dem Drachen; no. 6.6.26: Pontormo, Vier Sänger; no. 6.6.27: Lorenzo Sabatini, Die Blendung des Polyphem; no. 6.6.34: Francesco Salviati, Apollo und Pan; no. 6.6.35: Giovanni Battista Scultori, Mars und Venus; no. 6.6.40: Niccolò Vicentino, Saturn; no. 6.6.42: Federico Zuccari, Allegorie des Glaubens

11/12/2020 please consider that erroneous keyword Micheli is present instead of correct one "Danieli" - The present communication is the sixth part of PICTRIX project rel. 2.0; it groups the catalogues of “major” Bolognese painters, from MARCHESI to PASSEROTTI. A small addendum for Fontana Lavinia & Prospero, Francia Giulio & Giacomo, and Francucci is present. MARCHESI has been the object of studies by researchers including the present writer, and does not require now important innovations. MICHELE DI MATTEO appears only for works datable inside PICTRIX boundary, namely after 1460, including Dead Christ paintings in two Florentine locations hitherto pre-dated or overlooked. For PAGANINO the boundary is the year 1580, respected with the help of Cirillo and Godi’s analysis; however some new proposals are included. For PASSEROTTI, the new format with caption “before 1564” aims to isolate early works, preceding San Giacomo pala.

The present issue includes updates for all types of artists, hitherto treated in PICTRIX (“major”, “minor”, “maestro”, “anonymous”). Modifications refer, among others, to: Cesare Baglione, Lorenzo Costa, Prospero Fontana, Giacomo Francia, Giulio Francia, Innocenzo Francucci, Tommaso Garelli, Maestro della Maddalena Assunta, Girolamo Marchesi, Michele di Matteo, Bartolomeo Passerotti, Ercole Procaccini, Lorenzo Sabatini, Orazio Samacchini, Pellegrino Tibaldi. [02/06/2019 Anna Tambini refers PICTRIX 4637 to Marco Marchetti in an unpublished research]

La peinture comique, spontanément rapprochée des gueuseries paysannes d’un Bruegel l’Ancien ou d’un Jan Steen, trouve une expression originale dans l’Italie de la Renaissance.
La présence d’une Scène bachique attribuée au peintre vénitien Niccolò Frangipane dans les collections du musée Saint-Léger, à Soissons, et sa restauration, constituent le point de départ de cette étude du burlesco, envisagée plus spécifiquement sous l’angle du repas.
De la confrontation à d’autres tableaux attribués à Frangipane, à son entourage ou aux maîtres du genre, Vincenzo Campi et Bartolomeo Passerotti, à la réappropriation de cet univers pictural par le cinéma italien : une invitation à la « Grande Bouffe », telle que Marco Ferreri l’avait imaginée dans son long métrage d’anthologie.

This list refers to Giovan Battista Ramenghi, called Bagnacavallo junior. An essay, included in next PICTRIX part, will consider the early works of this artist. The index ends with a few addenda, belonging to Bartolomeo Passerotti and Ercole Procaccini.

The present communication is the seventh part of PICTRIX project rel. 2.0, an unpublished research about painting in Bologna between 1460 and 1580, including other contemporary works. This part groups some reproductions of paintings listed in PICTRIX 6, “major” Bolognese painters, from MARCHESI to PASSEROTTI. Actually, this paper begins with reproductions by authors already filed in preceding parts (Fontana Prospero, Francia Giulio & Giacomo); also an important whereabouts update is necessary for Calvart (Allegory of Peace belongs to Banco Popolare, until 31/12/2016). For authors in normal alphabetical order, some less familiar images are present.

The present issue concludes PICTRIX 2.0 research. The main part is a list of Bolognese artists, named or anonymous, with numbers of works included in previous issues. The total number of entries is 3475 (3389 paintings, 86 non-standard items). Please consider that sometimes one entry mentions two or more homogeneous elements, such as parts of a polyptych, or of a series of frescoes. In order to understand the real contents, it can be useful to mention a number of excluded categories: works earlier than 1460; works later than 1580; works painted for Bologna by visiting artists; works showing an ancillary style, if compared with masters’ style (cerchia); works not seen in life or in photograph; works showing a low quality (maniera). A further analysis could lead to eliminate some items filed as from an uncertain city or region (“città incerta”). Next general issue, PICTRIX 3.0, will include all necessary updates, such as new auctions, newly found photographs, and readers’ comments. Authorships proposed by readers shall be included in PICTRIX 3.0, mentioning names or nicknames if allowed.
The appendix shows the last updates, about Innocenzo da Imola, Nosadella and Passerotti, and a few considerations on Palazzo Poggi frescoes.

no. 64: Pontormo, Vier Sänger; no. 65. Giulio Romano, Erotische Szene; no. 66. Parmigianino, Venus entwaffnet Cupido; no. 67. Perino del Vaga, St. Georg mit dem Drachen; no. 68. Francesco Salviati, Apollo und Pan; no. 69. Bartolommeo Passarotti, Die persische Sibylle; no. 70. Lelio Orsi, Die Erschaffung der Welt; no. 71. Lorenzo Sabatini, Die Blendung des Polyphem; no. 76. Federico Zuccari, Allegorie des Glaubens; no. 79. Parmigianino, Auferstehung Christi [etching]; no. 80. Ugo da Carpi, Diogenes [chiaroscuro-woodcut]; no. 81. Giovanni Battista Scultori, Mars und Venus [engraving]; no. 82. Niccolò Vicentino, Saturn [chiaroscuro-woodcut]; no. 85. Federico Barocci, Die Verkündigung [etching and engraving]

At the end of “Major Bolognese Painters”, the present text provides final additions and a cancellation. The updated database contains 2114 paintings, by Amico Aspertini, Cesare Baglione, Denis Calvart, Giovanni Battista Cavalletto, Lorenzo Costa, Lavinia Fontana, Prospero Fontana, Francesco Francia, Giacomo Francia, Giulio Francia, Innocenzo Francucci da Imola, Girolamo da Treviso, Maestro della Maddalena Assunta (probably Michele Costa), Maestro delle Ore Barbazza (probably Bartolomeo Ramenghi), Maestro Parrish, Girolamo Marchesi, Marco Zoppo, Michele di Matteo, Giovanni Francesco Bezzi alias Nosadella, Giovanni Antonio Paganino, Bartolomeo Passerotti, Antonio Pirri, Ercole Procaccini senior, Bartolomeo Ramenghi alias Bagnacavallo senior, Giovanni Battista Ramenghi alias Bagnacavallo junior, Antonio Rimpatta alias Antonio di Cristoforo, Jacopo Ripanda alias Jacopo di Cristoforo, Lorenzo Sabatini, Orazio Samacchini, Pellegrino Tibaldi. Every painter has appeared in some PICTRIX issue, with an index and some reproductions. Next issues will refer to “minor painters” known with a real name, and others classified as “masters”, with the help of a namepiece.