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Rosalba Carriera - Italian Pastel Artist

A Venice-born portrait artist who worked in pastel, Rosalba Carriera was elected to the Royal Academy in 1720.

Louis XV as Dauphin by Rosalba Carriera
Italian Rococo painter known for her portraits and pastels.

Women Artists: Renaissance and Baroque Painters
On this site: an overview of women painters of the 16th-17th centuries, including a list of many of the female painters of the period.

Rosalba Carriera
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Rosalba Carriera
Images (clickable for larger versions) of "Cardinal Melchior de Polignac," "Elderly Lady," "Flora," "Young Lady of the Leblond Family," "Self-Portrait as Winter" and "Young Cavalier," all pastels.

Rosalba Carriera
A brief biography of Rosalba Carriera.

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