Bartolomeo Passarotti had traveled to Rome in…

Bartolomeo Passarotti had traveled to Rome in the mid-sixteenth century, where he had worked under Girolamo Vignola and Taddeo Zuccari.

Upon returning to Bologna, he had accumulated a large studio, and influenced many Bolognese who will soon play a role in the rise of the Baroque.

Annibale Carracci (whose brother Agostino studies with Passarotti) shows the influence of Passarotti's genre scenes in a select set of paintings (such as The Beaneater and The Butcher's Shop, the latter being originally attributed to Passarotti).

Lucio Massari and Francesco Brizzi Are among his pupils.

Four of Passarotti's sons, including Ventura, Aurelio, Tiburzio, and Passarotto are painters.