Elisabetta Sirani was an independent Italian Baroque painter who died at the early age of 27.
Portia wounding her thigh, 1664 (101 cm x 138 cm). Contents Among the sixty-six paintings in his collection, Tassi had acquired at least five pictures by Elisabetta Sirani, more than any other artist listed in his posthumous inventory. 1665. 39.8 x 54.3 in. Bologna, Collection of Art and History of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna, inv.
Elisabetta Sirani. My blood started to boil, my mind was suddenly pervaded by my favourite painting of the artist – the stunning Portia wounding her thigh (1664) – and all the sudden, all the pieces came together. ... Elisabetta Sirani Portia wounding her thigh. Elisabetta Sirani was the more famous daughter of the established Bolognese artist and art merchant, Giovanni Andrea Sirani, Guido Reni’s prime assistant. Elisabetta Sirani was the more famous daughter of the established Bolognese artist and art merchant, Giovanni Andrea Sirani, Guido Reni’s prime assistant. In turn, Elisabetta became a professional painter and printmaker, a master of the Sirani workshop by her early twenties when her father could no longer paint due to illness. You can check the price for shipping of the order on the shopping cart screen. It was not a family funeral, but a massive community outpouring of grief. A brief history of female rage in art Written by Ariela Gittlen This article was published in partnership with Artsy, the global platform for discovering and collecting art. 2 The Portia was valued there at some 500 lire, second in value only to a Madonna and Child with Saints by Ludovico Carracci. Collezioni d’Arte e di Storia della Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna
37/38. Porcia wounding her thigh by Elisabetta Sirani refers to the history of Porcia Catonis, a Roman woman famous for being the wife of one of Julius Caesar's assassins.
The Virgin Mary nurses Jesus, who rests across her lap. Elisabetta Sirani The Dream of St. Anthony. Portrait of Anna Maria Ranuzzi as Charity. Elisabetta Sirani was an Italian painter of Baroque period and she was the most famous woman artist in early modern Bologna and established an academy for other women… She may have created this etching as a more personal view of Mary and Saint Elizabeth with their children. Elisabetta Sirani, Portia Wounding Her Thigh, 1664.
Elisabetta Sirani (1638-1665) was the most famous woman artist in early modern Bologna and established an academy for other women artists. A short-lived Baroque virtuoso painter, Elisabetta Sirani (1638-1665) of Bologna, Italy, was one of the first successful female artists in an era that denied academy training to women.