Lucrezia Scarfaglia
Illustration — Self-Portrait by Lucrezia Scarfaglia, in the collection of the Galleria Pallavicini Lucrezia Scarfaglia (active 1677–1678) was a Bolognese painter of the 17th century. Almost nothing is known of her life and career save that she was a pupil of Elisabetta Sirani, after whose death she took lessons with Domenico Maria Canuti. She was described by Carlo Cesare Malvasia as "not a mediocre painter".
Also recorded as Sig.ra lucretia · Lucrezia Maria Scarfaglia
Lucrezia Scarfaglia
Lucrezia Scarfaglia (17th century) · Babette Bohn, Female self-portraiture in early modern Bologna, Renaissance Studies vol. 18, nr. 2 (june 2004), p. 268 · Public domain
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Illustration — Self-Portrait by Lucrezia Scarfaglia, in the collection of the Galleria Pallavicini Lucrezia Scarfaglia (active 1677–1678) was a Bolognese painter of the 17th century. Almost nothing is known of her life and career save that she was a pupil of Elisabetta Sirani, after whose death she took lessons with Domenico Maria Canuti. She was described by Carlo Cesare Malvasia as "not a mediocre painter".
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In his Felsina pittrice, Malvasia lists a number of works by Scarfaglia's hand, including a handful of religious works and a portrait of Eleanora Gonzaga. Surviving is a self-portrait, signed and dated 1678, in which she depicts herself painting the Madonna of Saint Luke. This piece is in an archaic style reminiscent of sixteenth-century paintings; it is currently held by the Galleria Pallavicini in Rome.
Training under Elisabetta Sirani and Domenico Maria Canuti is recorded.
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