Paolo Farinati

Italian Artist · 1524–1606

5 works across 2 collections on LinkedCulture

Although he was a painter's son, Paolo Farinati trained under another local painter, according to Giorgio Vasari. His master's eccentric manner encouraged Farinati to emphasize line over color and to restrict his palette to grays, browns, mauve, and rust. Farinati worked mostly in his native Verona, but a 1552 painting commission for the Mantua Cathedral altered his approach. In Mantua, Farinati s