Maria Eufrasia della Croce
Maria Eufrasia della Croce (1597–1676) was a Carmelite nun and artist. She was born as Flavia Benedetti in Rome; she entered Carmel in 1628 and painted many works for her Roman convent of S. Giuseppe a Capo le Case of the Discalced Carmelites. Her father was a Roman patrician and she had three brothers, one a Capuchin friar, and one, the abbott Elpidio, secretary to Cardinal Mazarin, who also collected art and was an amateur architect.
Also recorded as Flavia Benedetti
Maria Eufrasia della Croce
- Born
- 1597 · Rome.
- Died
- 1676 · Rome.
- Nationality
- Papal States
- Occupation
- painter · nun
- Languages
- Italian
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Maria Eufrasia della Croce (1597–1676) was a Carmelite nun and artist. She was born as Flavia Benedetti in Rome; she entered Carmel in 1628 and painted many works for her Roman convent of S. Giuseppe a Capo le Case of the Discalced Carmelites. Her father was a Roman patrician and she had three brothers, one a Capuchin friar, and one, the abbott Elpidio, secretary to Cardinal Mazarin, who also collected art and was an amateur architect.
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Born at Rome in 1597, died in Rome in 1676.
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- 1.Trinchieri Camiz, Franca. Picturing Women in Renaissance and Baroque Italy. Cambridge University Press. 140–151. 1997.
- 2.Lirosi, Alessia. I rapporti tra Roma e Madrid nei secoli XVI e XVII: arte diplomazia e politica. Gangemi Editore. 126–128. 2015.
- 3.Lollobrigida, Consuelo. Plautilla Bricci (1616–1705): A Talented Woman Architect in Baroque Rome. Art Herstory. 6 May 2020.
- 4.Verdier, Thierry. La villa Benedetta et la difficile carrière de Plautilla Bricci, femme architecte dans la Rome du XVIIe siècle. Livraisons d'Histoire et de l'Architecture. 35. 10. 2018.
- 5.Donovan, Jeremiah. Rome, Ancient and Modern and its Environs. J Donovan. 199. 1844.
- 6.Titi, Filippo. Studio di pittura, scoltura, et architettura, nelle chiese di Roma (1674–1763). Centro Di. 181. 1987.
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