Portrait of Countess Grafin von Furstenberg
Colonel Alexander F. and Jeannie C. Stevenson Memorial Collection
Catalogue
- Year
- 1735
- Medium
- Watercolor on ivory
- Dimensions
- Framed: 7.6 × 6.4 cm (3 × 2 1/2 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Rosalba Carriera
Artist
Painting
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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- Rosalba Carriera
- Year
- 1735
- Medium
- Watercolor on ivory
- Dimensions
- Framed: 7.6 × 6.4 cm (3 × 2 1/2 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1735-005850
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified