Maria Suppioti Ceroni (1730 – 1773?) was an Italian

pastel A pastel () is an art medium in a variety of forms including a stick, a square a pebble or a pan of color; though other forms are possible; they consist of powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are similar to those use ...

list. Born Maria Suppioti in

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, Ceroni produced portraits and religious and mythological scenes and was active as an engraver as well. Her instructor was

Giambettino Cignaroli Giambettino Cignaroli (Verona, July 4, 1706 – Verona, December 1, 1770) was an Italian painter of the Rococo and early Neoclassic period. Biography He was a pupil of Santo Prunato and Antonio Balestra and active mostly in the area of the ...

. She was a member of the

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Academy and was active in that city as well.Profile
in the ''Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800''. She married one Ceroni in 1755. She is the subject of a poem by .

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1730 births 1770s deaths Year of death uncertain Painters from Vicenza Painters from Verona 18th-century Italian painters 18th-century Italian women artists Italian women painters Pastel artists Italian engravers Women engravers 18th-century engravers {{Italy-engraver-stub