Elisabetta Sirani Self-portrait ca. 1653-55 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
Elisabetta Sirani Ecce Homo ca. 1653-65 drawing Harvard Art Museums |
Elisabetta Sirani Deliverance of the Demoniac of Constantinople by St John Chrysostom ca. 1659 drawing National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
Elisabetta Sirani Cain slaying Abel ca. 1653-65 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
"Elisabetta Sirani – Painter and etcher. Daughter of Giovanni Andrea Sirani, who was Guido Reni's principal assistant. Mentored by Carlo Malvasia, who became her biographer. Was painting professionally by the age of 17. The majority of her commissions were for private patrons, ranging from small scale devotional paintings to large scale religious and historical works for aristocratic patrons, including Grand Duke Cosimo III de' Medici. Died age 27."
– biographical notes from the British Museum
Elisabetta Sirani Boy carrying a Torch ca. 1653-65 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
Elisabetta Sirani Seated Woman with Winged Putto ca. 1653-65 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
Elisabetta Sirani Kneeling Bishop ca. 1653-65 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
attributed to Elisabetta Sirani Cupid forging his Arrows ca. 1653-65 drawing British Museum |
attributed to Elisabetta Sirani Personification of Justice ca. 1653-65 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
Elisabetta Sirani Virgin and Child ca. 1653-65 drawing Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
Elisabetta Sirani Virgin and Child ca. 1660 drawing Philadelphia Museum of Art |
Elisabetta Sirani Virgin and Child seated on Clouds ca. 1653-65 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
Elisabetta Sirani Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist ca. 1653-65 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
Elisabetta Sirani Virgin Annunciate ca. 1653-65 etching and drypoint Philadelphia Museum of Art |