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Rosalba Carriera was born in Venice in 1673 and died in 1757. She established pastel as a portrait medium sought after across Europe. Beginning with miniatures, she attracted an international clientele to her Venetian studio. Her Paris visit of 1720–21 brought commissions to portray the young Louis XV and admission to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture.
In Portrait of a Man, probably from the 1720s at the National Gallery, a white wig frames a delicately coloured face; the sitter remains unidentified. Gustavus Hamilton in Masquerade Costume, of 1730–31 at the Metropolitan Museum, evokes the Venetian Carnival through its mask, veil and cape. Her Self Portrait as Winter, of 1731 in Dresden, instead combines her own likeness with an allegorical representation of the season.
This profile brings together identity references for Rosalba Carriera and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
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Pastel
, Kopie nach Nymphe aus dem Gefolge Apollos
pastel
Catalogue period : 2020-12-11
Published result : 1300 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1200–1800
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Pastel
, Kopie nach Portrait der Lady Elderly
pastel
Catalogue period : 2014-12-12
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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Pastel
D’après Rosalba Carriera — Femme à la colombe
pastel
d'après
Catalogue period : 2019-09-25
After
Published result : 400 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 600–800
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