Bartolomeo Passarotti (1529–1592)
• Was an Italian painter of the mannerist period.
• He worked mainly in his native Bologna.
• His family name is also spelled Passerotti or Passarotto.
• From approximately 1550 to 1555, he lived in Rome, where he worked under Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and Taddeo Zuccari.
• Annibale Carracci (whose brother Agostino studied with Passerotti) was influenced by Passerotti's genre scenes in a select set of paintings (such as The Beaneater and The Butcher's Shop, the latter being originally attributed to Passerotti).
• Lucio Massari and Francesco Brizzi were among his pupils.
• Three of Passerotti's sons, including Ventura, Aurelio and Tiburzio, were painters.
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