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| Padovanino Venus and Mars surprised by Vulcan 1631 oil on canvas private collection |
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| Padovanino Personifications of the River Nile, Geometry, and Astrology before 1649 oil on canvas Biblioteca Marciana, Venice |
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| Padovanino Sleeping Venus with Cupids before 1649 oil on canvas private collection |
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| Padovanino The Three Graces with Cupids ca. 1620 oil on canvas Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
Alessandro Varotari, called Il Padovanino, was born in Padua, son of painter and architect Dario Varotari, who had been a pupil of Veronese in Venice. Padovanino himself settled in Venice in 1614 and remained there throughout his career, with documented trips of study to Rome. He was famous in his own day primarily as a successful imitator of Titian and as head of a flourishing art academy.
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| attributed to Padovanino Orpheus enchanting the Animals before 1649 oil on canvas Wellington Collection, Apsley House, London |
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| Padovanino Orpheus enchanting the Animals before 1649 oil on canvas Museo del Prado, Madrid |
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| Padovanino Vanitas before 1649 oil on canvas Accademia di San Luca, Rome |
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| Padovanino Judith with the Head of Holofernes before 1636 oil on canvas Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| attributed to Padovanino Posthumous Portrait of 15th-century Venetian magistrate Bernardo Bra before 1649 oil on canvas private collection |
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| Padovanino Victory of the Carnutes over the Normans 1618 oil on canvas Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan |
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| Padovanino The Three Graces before 1649 oil on canvas private collection |
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| Padovanino Samson and Delilah before 1649 oil on canvas private collection |
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| Padovanino Académie (figure-study of a woman) before 1649 drawing British Museum |
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| Padovanino Académie (figure-study of a man) before 1649 drawing British Museum |
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| Padovanino Académie (figure-study of a man) before 1649 drawing British Museum |