Maddalena Corvina (1607-1664) was an Italian portrait and still life painter and engraver. Corvina specialized in miniature portrait paintings. Living and working in Rome, the House of Medici were patrons.[1][2] She apprenticed under her uncle, Francesco da Castello. Anna Angelica Allegrini was a student of Corvina.[2] Works by Corvina are held in the Albani Library.[1] Corvina was the subject of a portrait by Claude Mellan in 1636.[3]
Maddalena Corvina | |
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 A portrait of Maddalena Corvina by Claude Mellan, 1636 | |
| Born | 17 October 1607 |
| Died | 3 February 1664 (aged 56) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Known for | Painting Engraving |
| Style | Miniature painting Portraiture Still life |
| Patron(s) | House of Medici |
Gallery
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Portrait of a young gentleman holding gloves and leaning on a table, 1639 -
Presumed portrait of Artemisia Gentileschi as Saint Catherine (attribution) -
Portrait of a Lady of High Standing, circa 1635–1645 (attribution)
References
edit- ^ a b John William Bradley (1887). A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers, and Copyists: With References to Their Works, and Notices of Their Patrons, from the Establishment of Christianity to the Eighteenth Century. B. Quaritch. p. 255.
- ^ a b Jane Fortune; Linda Falcone (2010). Invisibile women. Forgotten artist of Florence. Ediz. italiana e inglese. TheFlorentinePress. p. 205. ISBN 978-88-902434-5-5.
- ^ "Portrait of Maddalena Corvina (Italian)". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
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