Maria Callani
Maria Callani (15 August 1778 – 9 February 1803) was an Italian portrait painter, active in the 18th century in Milan and Parma, Italy.
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- Name
- Maria Callani
- Born
- 15 August 1779
- Birthplace
- Milan, Italy
- Died
- 9 February 1803
- Place of death
- Parma, Italy
- Occupation
- painter
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Maria Callani (15 August 1778 – 9 February 1803) was an Italian portrait painter, active in the 18th century in Milan and Parma, Italy.
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• Name — Maria Callani • Born — 15 August 1779 • Birthplace — Milan, Italy • Died — 9 February 1803 • Place of death — Parma, Italy • Occupation — painter
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• Illustration — Maria Callani, Hebe and the eagle, (1803), oil on canvas Maria Callani was born 15 August 1778 in Milan, Italy, her father was artist Gaetano Callani and her mother was Angela Gerli, the sister of the architect:it:Agostino Gerli. Her younger brother Francesco Callani (1779–1844) was also a portrait painter. Her portraits included notable figures like the Countess Chiara Mazzucchini Guidoboni of Viadana, Alessandro Sanvitale:it:Stefano Sanvitale, and Fra Antonio Negroni,. Callani died at the age of 24 of tuberculosis on 9 February 1803 in Parma. Her works can be found in various public museum collections including Galleria nazionale di Parma, Museo Glauco Lombardi:it:Pinacoteca Stuard, among others.
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- 1.Gaetano Callani. gaetano-callani. Paola Lavagetto Ceschi. 16. 1973.
- 2.Dizionario degli artisti. Pittori & pittura dell’Ottocento italiano (1996-1997). Istituto Geografico De Agostini.
- 3.Callani, Maria. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press. 2011-10-31. 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00030539.
- 4.In Borgo San Giovanni, nell'attuale via Petrarca.
- 5.Clelia Alberici. Domenico Aspari e un suo acquarello ignorato nella Raccolta Bertarelli di Milano. 9. 1. 1964.
- 6.Ebe che porge da bere a Giove trasformato in aquila. Complesso Monumentale della Pilotta.
- 7.Ritratto della contessina Chiara Mazzucchini Guidoboni di Viadana. Museo Glauco Lombardi.
- 8.Ritratto del padre, Gaetano Callani. Complesso Monumentale della Pilotta.
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