Laura Bernasconi was an Italian painter of the

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

period, known to be active in 1674.

Life

Born and died in

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, she trained with Mario Nuzzi, and like him, painted

still life A still life (plural: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly wikt:inanimate, inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or artificiality, m ...

paintings of flowers. She worked in

from 1622 to 1675. Little is known about her: she was a pupil of Mario Nuzzi, known as Mario de 'Fiori. Mario Nuzzi was a master of

Pier Francesco Cittadini Pierfrancesco Cittadini (1616–1681) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna and noted for his portraits and lush still lifes. Biography Initially a pupil of Daniele Crespi, Cittadini moved to Bologna before the ...

and

Paolo Porpora Paolo Porpora (1617–1673) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque, who was active mainly in Naples and specialized in floral still lifes. He is documented as a pupil of Giacomo Recco, the father of Giuseppe Recco, and said to have worked u ...

and painted in a style close to that of

Francesco Caldei Francesco Caldei called Francesco Mantovano or Mantovani (1587/88 in Mantua – 22 May 1674 in Venice) was an Italian painter, mainly known as a still-life painter of flowers, fruits, animals and musical instruments.Gianluca Bocchi, ''Francesco Caldei detto Francesco Mantovano, un pittore lombardo fra Roma e Venezia Parma per l'Arte''
Nuova Serie, Anno XXI, 2015 Gianluca Bocchi From Nuzzi she learned to compose large bunches of multicolored flowers. Laura bernasconi-torrente en un bosque-burdeos

Laura bernasconi-torrente en un bosque-burdeos

In ''L'Abecedario pittorico'' ('ABC of Painting') by the Bolognese writer and art historian

Pellegrino Antonio Orlandi Pellegrino Antonio Orlandi (1660–1727) was an Italian writer and art historian, author of the ''Abecedario pittorico'' (‘ABC of Painting’). Born in Bologna, Orlandi joined the city’s Carmelite convent of San Martino. Here he undertook res ...

Edito a Bologna nel 1704 da Costantino Pisarri nel 1704 e in seconda edizione nel 1718. we read: Laura Bernasconi, a Roman painter, she learned how to paint the flowers from Mario Nuzzi, and succeeded in perfection, she made the ornamentation of the painting ''St. Gaetano'', painted by

Andrea Camassei Andrea Camassei (November 1602 – 1649) was an Italian Baroque painter and engraver mainly active in Rome under the patronage of the Barberini. Biography He was born in Bevagna in Umbria to parents of modest means, Angelina d' Anton Maria Ange ...

in St. Andrea della Valle. In the sacristy of this church, there is the altar with the altarpiece of ''San Gaetano'', portrayed in prayer among the Angels. The flowers that embellish the painting are executed by Laura Bernasconi.

Work

Laura Bernasconi painted, with Carlo Ruthard and her son Filippo, between 1665 and 1668, the ceiling of the Gallery in

Palazzo Colonna The Palazzo Colonna () is a palatial block of buildings in central Rome, Italy, at the base of the Quirinal Hill, and adjacent to the church of Santi Apostoli. It is built in part over the ruins of an old Roman serapeum, and it has belonged to t ...

. Her works are in collections in Rome, including the

Galleria Doria Pamphilj The Doria Pamphilj Gallery is a large art collection housed in the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj in Rome, Italy, between Via del Corso and Via della Gatta. The principal entrance is on the Via del Corso (until recently, the entrance to the gallery was fr ...

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* Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Painters from Rome 17th-century Italian painters 17th-century Italian women artists 18th-century Italian women artists Italian Baroque painters Italian still life painters Italian women painters {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub