Marianna Carlevarijs (1703 – 1750) was an Italian painter, active mainly 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 ...
, creating pastel portraits.
Biography
Marianna was the daughter of the prominent Venetian painter of
vedute
A ''veduta'' (Italian for "view"; plural ''vedute'') is a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting or, more often, print of a cityscape or some other vista. The painters of ''vedute'' are referred to as ''vedutisti''.
Origins
This genre ...
,
Luca Carlevarijs
Luca Carlevarijs or Carlevaris (20 January 1663 – 12 February 1730) was an Italian painter and engraver working mainly in Venice. He pioneered the genre of the cityscapes (''vedute'') of Venice, a genre that was later widely followed by artis ...
. She was a friend, and pupil in the style and subject matter, of
Rosalba Carriera
Rosalba Carriera (12 January 1673 – 15 April 1757) was a Venetian Rococo painter. In her younger years, she specialized in portrait miniatures. Carriera would later become known for her pastel portraits, helping popularize the medium in eighte ...
.
Works
*''Portrait of Girolamo Maria Balbi'', sala dei pastelli,
Ca Rezzonico
Ca' Rezzonico () is a palazzo and art museum on the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro ''sestiere'' of Venice, Italy. It is a particularly notable example of the 18th century Venetian baroque and rococo architecture and interior decoration, and displa ...
Museum, Venice
*''Portrait of Cornelia Foscolo Balbi'', sala dei pastelli, Ca Rezzonico Museum, Venice
*''Portrait of Marco e Caterina Balbi'', sala dei pastelli, Ca Rezzonico Museum, Venice
*''Portrait of a Young Woman'', Private Collection
*''Portrait of Unknown Gentleman''
*''Allegory of Peace'', Museo Civici of Vicenza
Vicenza Museum
official site.
Ca' Rezzonico Sala dei pastelli - Ritratto di Gerolamo Maria Balbi - Marianna Carlevaris.jpg, ''Portrait of Girolamo Maria Balbi'', Ca Rezzonico
Ca' Rezzonico () is a palazzo and art museum on the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro ''sestiere'' of Venice, Italy. It is a particularly notable example of the 18th century Venetian baroque and rococo architecture and interior decoration, and displa ...
Museum, Venice
Ca' Rezzonico Sala dei pastelli - Ritratto di Cornelia Foscolo Balbi (1740-42) - Marianna Carlevaris.jpg, ''Portrait of Cornelia Foscolo Balbi'', Ca Rezzonico
Ca' Rezzonico () is a palazzo and art museum on the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro ''sestiere'' of Venice, Italy. It is a particularly notable example of the 18th century Venetian baroque and rococo architecture and interior decoration, and displa ...
Museum, Venice
Ca' Rezzonico Sala dei pastelli - Ritratto di Caterina Balbi (1740-42) - Marianna Carlevaris.jpg, ''Portrait of Caterina Balbi'', Ca Rezzonico
Ca' Rezzonico () is a palazzo and art museum on the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro ''sestiere'' of Venice, Italy. It is a particularly notable example of the 18th century Venetian baroque and rococo architecture and interior decoration, and displa ...
Museum, Venice
Ca' Rezzonico Sala dei pastelli - Ritratto di Marco Balbi (1740-42) - Marianna Carlevaris.jpg, ''Portrait of Marco Balbi'', Ca Rezzonico
Ca' Rezzonico () is a palazzo and art museum on the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro ''sestiere'' of Venice, Italy. It is a particularly notable example of the 18th century Venetian baroque and rococo architecture and interior decoration, and displa ...
Museum, Venice
References
1703 births
1750 deaths
18th-century Italian painters
Italian women painters
Italian portrait painters
Pastel artists
Painters from Venice
18th-century Venetian people
18th-century Italian women artists
18th-century Venetian women
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