- Elisabetta Sirani
Elisabetta Sirani (1638 – 1665) was an Italian painter whose father was the painter
Giovanni Andrea Sirani of the School of Bologna, and the principal assistant ofGuido Reni . She died at the age of 27.She painted an "Assumption" at the Parish Church of
Borgo Panigale . Also a "Saint Eustache", and "Judith with the Head of Holofernes" (Burghley House, Stamford, England); "Baptism of Christ" (1658); and "Madonna with child and Infant Saint John" (Museo Civico,Pesaro ); "Saint Jerome" (Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna), and "Portrait of Anna Maria Ranuzzi".Born January 8, 1638. Died August 25, 1665.Had two sisters, mother, and father.Painted Virgin and Child, self portraits, and many more.
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Women Artists References
* Bohn, Babette, "Female self-portraiture in early modern Bologna", Renaissance Studies Vol.18 No.2 pp.239-286
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