Bartolomeo Passerotti
(Bologna, 1529 – Rome, 1592)
Self-portrait in knight's attire
oil on canvas, cm 104 x 90.5
Excellent condition
Signed on the back:
“Portrait of Passerotti Bolognese by himself”
Bibliography:
C. Höper, Bartolomeo Passerotti, Worms, 1987; A. Ghirardi, Bartolomeo Passerotti pittore, Rimini, 1990, pp. 23, 255 – 257, tav. XXIII, fig. 81; F. Moro, in L’anima e il volto. Ritratto e fisiognomica da Leonardo a Bacon, edited by F. Caroli, Milan, Electa, 1998, exhibition catalog, Palazzo Reale, Milan, October 30, 1998 – March 14, 1999, p. 134; M. Scolaro, Tiziano e il ritratto di corte da Raffaello ai Carracci, Naples, Electa, 2006, exhibition catalog, Museo Capodimonte, Naples, March 25 – June 4, 2006, pp. 296 – 297; D. Benati, L’anima della Pittura. Dipinti Emiliani dal XVI al XIX secolo, Bologna, 2010, pp. 34 - 36.
