Maria Giacomina Nazari (born February 10, 1724) was an Italian painter. Born in

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

, Nazari was the daughter of the painter

Bartolomeo Nazari Bartolomeo Nazari (May 31, 1693 – August 24, 1758) was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque, mainly active in Venice as a portraitist. Biography Born in Clusone, near Bergamo. By 1716, he had become an apprentice under Angelo Trevisani, bu ...

; her brother Nazaro was also a painter. At the start of her career she copied her father's work in both oil and

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. She produced religious scenes and portraits, and in the latter capacity was commissioned by Paolo Donado to produce a series of portraits of European rulers.

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1724 births Year of death unknown Painters from Venice Italian women painters 18th-century Italian painters 18th-century Italian women artists Pastel artists Painters from Bergamo {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub