Via Alessandro Tiarini

Via Alessandro Tiarini, located in the Bolognina district of Bologna, is named after the renowned painter Alessandro Tiarini, one of the most sensitive interpreters of 17th-century Bolognese painting. The street, which lies within a context rich in history and art, pays tribute to an artist who left an indelible mark on the city’s pictorial tradition.

The works of Alessandro Tiarini

Alessandro Tiarini (1574-1668)

Alessandro Tiarini was born in Bologna in 1577 and quickly established himself as one of the most promising pupils of the Accademia degli Incamminati, founded by Agostino, Annibale, and Ludovico Carracci.

Initially trained in the workshop of Prospero Fontana, Tiarini furthered his education by traveling to several Italian art centers such as Florence and Rome, where he studied the great masters. His painting style sought a balance between the Carracci models and naturalism, with particular attention to light and perspective.

Among his most important fresco works are those in the Church of San Girolamo della Certosa in Bologna and the decorations in Palazzo Fava.

Tiarini was also a skilled portraitist, producing elegant works for Bolognese nobility and clergy. His painting, while maintaining a degree of sobriety, is noted for its lifelike vitality and expressive realism, traits that earned him high regard in Bologna’s elite circles.

He died in Bologna in 1668, leaving a significant artistic legacy. Though not among the most widely known painters of his time, his body of work influenced Bolognese Baroque painting and contributed to the transition from the late Renaissance to the Baroque.