
Portrait of Countess Grafin von Furstenberg
1735 · Watercolor on ivory
Framed: 7.6 × 6.4 cm (3 × 2 1/2 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago

Rosalba Carriera was an Italian Rococo painter. In her younger years, she specialized in portrait miniatures. Carriera would later become known for her pastel portraits, helping popularize the medium in eighteenth-century Europe. She is remembered as one of the most successful women artists of any era.
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