Elisabetta Sirani

(8 January 1638 -25 August 1665) was an Italian Baroque painter whose father was the painter Giovanni Andrea Sirani of the School of Bologna She was born in Bologna. By age 17 she was a full-fledged engraver and painter and had completed over ninety works. By the time she died at the young age of 27, she had added at least eighty more to her repertoire. Besides being an independent painter by the age of 19, Elisabetta Sirani also ran her family's workshop. When her father became incapacitated by gout, she was burdened with having to support her parents, her siblings and herself, entirely through her art. The stress created by such heavy responsibilities may have been the cause of her early death. It is estimated that in all she produced some 200 paintings, drawings, and etchings. She painted themes such as the Virgin and Child, self portraits, and many more. Elisabetta Sirani used dramatic light and great movement in her work, which classified it in the Baroque style. She painted many of her larger scale and heavy-themed works publicly and in front of large (and adoring) crowds of on-lookers. Sirani's portraits, mythological subjects, and especially her images of the Holy Family and the Virgin and Child, gained international fame.
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Elisabetta Sirani Virgin adoring the sleeping Baby Jesus oil painting


Virgin adoring the sleeping Baby Jesus
Pintura Identificación::  81364
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Virgin adoring the sleeping Baby Jesus
17th century Medium Oil on canvas cjr
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Elisabetta Sirani Virgin adoring the sleeping Baby Jesus oil painting


Virgin adoring the sleeping Baby Jesus
Pintura Identificación::  85397
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Virgin adoring the sleeping Baby Jesus
17th century Medium Oil on canvas cyf
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Elisabetta Sirani Portia wounding her thigh oil painting


Portia wounding her thigh
Pintura Identificación::  97013
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Portia wounding her thigh
1664(1664) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 101 X 138 cm (39.8 X 54.3 in) cyf
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Elisabetta Sirani Head of Christ oil painting


Head of Christ
Pintura Identificación::  97884
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Head of Christ
from 1655(1655) until 1665(1665) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 43.2 x 35.6 cm cyf
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     (8 January 1638 -25 August 1665) was an Italian Baroque painter whose father was the painter Giovanni Andrea Sirani of the School of Bologna She was born in Bologna. By age 17 she was a full-fledged engraver and painter and had completed over ninety works. By the time she died at the young age of 27, she had added at least eighty more to her repertoire. Besides being an independent painter by the age of 19, Elisabetta Sirani also ran her family's workshop. When her father became incapacitated by gout, she was burdened with having to support her parents, her siblings and herself, entirely through her art. The stress created by such heavy responsibilities may have been the cause of her early death. It is estimated that in all she produced some 200 paintings, drawings, and etchings. She painted themes such as the Virgin and Child, self portraits, and many more. Elisabetta Sirani used dramatic light and great movement in her work, which classified it in the Baroque style. She painted many of her larger scale and heavy-themed works publicly and in front of large (and adoring) crowds of on-lookers. Sirani's portraits, mythological subjects, and especially her images of the Holy Family and the Virgin and Child, gained international fame.

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