Isabella Piccini

The recorded working language is Italian. The field of work recorded is visual arts, engraving and monastic life. Places of work recorded in the authority are Venice. Work by Isabella Piccini is recorded in the collections of Print Collection and Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.

• Name — Isabella Piccini • Birth Name — Elisabetta Piccini • Born — 1644 • Birthplace — Venice, Republic of Venice • Died — 29 April 1732 • Place of death — Venice, Republic of Venice • Known for — Etching Engraving Illustration

Piccini was born in Venice in 1644. Her father was etcher and engraver Giacomo Piccini. He trained Piccini in engraving and illustration in the style of the great masters such as Peter Paul Rubens and Titian. Piccini became a Franciscan nun in 1666, joining the Convent of Santa Croce. Upon joining, she changed her name to Sister Isabella. Prominent Italians commissioned works from her, including portraits and religious artworks. Giovanni Antonio Remondini distributed her prints throughout Europe. All income she made was split between her convent and her family.

• Illustration — Vita beatae Zitae virginis Lucensis, ex vetustissimo codice m.s. fidelitèr transumpta.Ferrara: Typographia Filoniana, 1688 • Illustration — Engraving of Saint Jovan Vladimir, 1690 • Illustration — Cavallo imperfetto del Polesine, 1692 • Illustration — Simboli predicabili: estratti da sacri evangeli che corrono nella quadragesima: delineati con morali, & eruditi discorsi, 1692 • Illustration — Portrait of poet Ottavio de' Rossi • Illustration — Portrait of writer Francesco Fulvio Frugoni