Tiburzio Passarotti

At the age of eighteen, he joined the "Compagnia dei pittori" and, with the help of his father, participated in creating the altarpiece at the Basilica of San Giacomo Maggiore.

There, in 1587, he was commissioned to paint a large canvas depicting the election of Lorenzo Giustiniani as the first Patriarch; now preserved at the Doge's Palace.

[3] During these years he executed numerous altarpieces; notably one showing the Madonna with Saints John the Evangelist and James at San Petronio Basilica.

Several other works are in scattered places; an Adoration of the Magi (Ajaccio), an Annunciation (Cesena), and a Judith (Galleria Estense, Modena).

According to Malvasia, his first biographer, he was able to retire by selling a collection of drawings, by himself and his father, to Cardinal Benedetto Giustiniani, for what was then the immense sum of 6,000 lire.