Camilla Guerrieri (1628 – after 1693) was an Italian painter.[1] She is believed to have worked as the first court painter for the House of Medici.[2]
Life and career
Camilla Guerrieri was born 1628, in Fossombrone, Duchy of Urbino (now Italy).[3] Her father was artist Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri, who taught her how to paint.[4][5] She married Paolo de'Natti in 1655, the castellan of the fortress of Pesaro.[3][6]
In 1651 she painted a St. Jerome for Girolamo Giordano, a Pesaro nobleman.[3] When Vittoria della Rovere become Grand Duchess consort of Tuscany, she moved from Pesaro to Florence and brought with her as a painter Camilla Guerrieri.[6] Many of her works are missing or lost.[3]
She died in the parish of San Terenzo.[6] A monographic book was dedicated to her in 1999,[1] and which other studies have appeared.
See also
References
- ^ a b Giardini, Claudio (1999). Camilla Guerrieri, 1628-post 1690 (in Italian). Edizioni Grapho 5 – via Google Books.
- ^ Barker, Sheila (2016). Women Artists in Early Modern Italy: Careers, Fame, and Collectors. Brepols Publishers. ISBN 978-1-909400-35-1.
- ^ a b c d "Guerrieri, Camilla". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press. October 31, 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00080576. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
- ^ "Guerrieri, Giovanni Francesco - Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani". Treccani (in Italian). Retrieved March 9, 2025.
- ^ "Cc riconsegnano dipinto pittrice '600 a sindaco Fossombrone" [CC return 17th century painter's painting to mayor Fossombrone]. Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). November 15, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2025.
- ^ a b c "Il 'gioiellino' che nessuno ha voluto: l'autoritratto del '600 va agli Uffizi" [The 'Little Gem' That No One Wanted: The 17th Century Self-Portrait Goes to the Uffizi]. Il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). February 12, 2024. Retrieved March 9, 2025.
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